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Tampa will discuss water reuse plan that has been called “toilet to tap”

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is proposing a plan to reuse partially treated wastewater and the total cost could be $500 million.
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SWFWMD buys Southworth Tract — 589 acres in Hernando County

SWFWMD has approved the purchase of 589 acres of land within the Weekiwachee Preserve, Southworth Tract, for about $4.6 million.
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Sustainable Living: Tampa Bay Water and Southside Fresh Market St. Pete

During today's sustainable living show (11/01/2021), we talked to Amelia Brown and Brandon Moore from Tampa Bay water.
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Fire damages Dunedin’s water plant – residents should conserve water

Dunedin, Florida, residents are asked to conserve water after a fire damaged the city's water plant.
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Will new Suwannee River Water Management District board member impact Nestle’s water application?

The water management district that will decide on whether Nestlé and its partner will get a permit to take a million gallons of water a day from a north Florida spring system will soon have...
Florida springs and fresh water

UPDATE: Water management district puts off its decision on Nestlé springs water permit

Update, 10:01 a.m. Tuesday 11 August 2020: This morning the board of the Suwanee River Water Management District voted to put off a decision on whether to grant Nestle and its partner a permit to...
Florida springs and fresh water

Water management district nears decision on Nestlé springs water permit

Update, 10:01 a.m. Tuesday 11 August 2020: This morning the board of the Suwanee River Water Management District voted to put off a decision on whether to grant Nestle and its partner a permit to...
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Health of Hillsborough River in Tampa is improving

By Janet Scherberger. Twenty years ago, the Hillsborough River that runs through the heart of Tampa was severely damaged. Withdrawals for the city’s growing population had starved it of fresh water, making it unfriendly to...
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A Florida panhandle county could grant access for onshore oil and gas drilling

In December the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Oil & Gas Program issued “Final Permits” to Cholla Petroleum for six exploratory oil & gas wells. They would be located between the Apalachicola River, Dead Lakes...
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Scientist: high levels of chemicals at MacDill AFB are a “huge red flag”

The level of “forever chemicals” contaminating groundwater at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base is a “huge red flag.” That’s according to a science analyst who co-authored a new report by the Environmental Working Group about...
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City of High Springs weighs in on Nestlé water permit request

This year a water management district in north Florida will decide whether to allow the company Nestlé a renewal of a permit to take water from the Santa Fe River basin and bottle it for...
Sign about Nestle water grab in Florida

Florida springs supporters will protest what they call “Nestlé Water Grab”

This Friday in North Florida, supporters of Florida’s springs and rivers will rally to oppose a permit renewal to allow the international company Nestlé to take more than a million gallons of water a day...

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