Tampa Bay Water takes very seriously its dual responsibilities of environmental protection and providing drinking water for public health and safety, so I'd like to respond to your editorial of Jan. 31 ("Water Plan Harms Progress," Our Opinion). ...more

February 7, 2009

Five public meetings are planned next month by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on its operations of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin. ...more

September 22, 2008

Fifteen years ago, a disastrous flood swept through the Midwest, causing an estimated $20 billion in flood damage, nearly 50 deaths and untold trauma to the hundreds of thousands whose homes were damaged or destroyed. Today we see the same kind of flooding in many of the same areas. Twenty-four deaths have been attributed to this year's floods, and economic damage is escalating into the billions of dollars. The flooding of cropland has already been reflected in rising commodity prices and will soon hit grocery store prices. Tens of thousands of people have seen their homes destroyed. ...more

June 30, 2008

Farmers across eastern Hillsborough County can save millions of gallons of water by recycling water flowing from their crops. ...more

January 8, 2008

Rain fell in the city for a fourth consecutive day Sunday, assuring that 2007 would not go down as the driest year on record for the drought-stricken Atlanta area. ...more

December 31, 2007

Southwest Georgia is one of the most productive agricultural regions in Dixie, but you wouldn't know it from the soil under the corn, peanuts and cotton. It can be sandy, pebbly, and doesn't hold water very well. ...more

November 15, 2007

Regarding 'Crist: Slow Reservoirs Will Hurt N. Florida' (Metro, Oct. 26): Now our governor is asking our president not to allow Georgia to keep its water in Georgia for their residents. ...more

October 29, 2007