You’ll remember that cold spell in January. It caused lots of problems, especially out in eastern Hillsborough County. Farmers used over ten billion gallons of water to save their crops. This led to residents’ wells running dry and some serious sinkhole activity. Nearly 750 people reported dry or damaged wells after the cold snap. And as [...]
The most ambitious desalination project in the U.S. is in the works on the Flagler County coastline. The plant, called Coquina Coast, is part of a push to find alternative water sources, to protect the aquifer where much of Florida’s east coast gets most of its water. Recently, the DeLand-Deltona Beacon interviewed Tampa Bay Water Operations Manager [...]
Looks like Hillsborough County’s Budgeting Department has jumped into social media: Everybody leads busy lives these days, and it can be difficult to fit in time to attend a County Budget Public Hearing. That’s why, this year, we’ve added even more ways to comment on the Budget and to keep up with County Budget discussions. [...]
Your water department: Thank you for conserving, but now we have to charge you more.
Shortly after Florida’s State Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Brian Blair in the race for State House District 47, Peter Schorsch of Saint Petersblog 2.0 brought up Blair’s arrest in a domestic dispute. Never mind that the charges were dropped when it turned out that his kids were being less than truthful with police. I would really [...]
Speaking of newspaper litter… On Thursday mornings, we used to find the “community” edition of the Tampa Tribune at the bottom of our driveway. We didn’t ask for it, it just showed up. The small tab with what newspaper journalists call “chicken dinner news” was not really given to you out of concern for community, but [...]
Newspapers are good at "do as I say, not as I do."
Mehul Patel is the process manager for the Orange County Water District in California. He says that the “Colorado River receives wastewater discharges at more than 200 locations before the water reaches kitchen taps in southern California.” Tampa already uses reclaimed water for irrigation, and now City Council member Charlie Miranda wants us to drink [...]
Workforce Alliance president Renee Benton Gilmore quit before the Workforce Alliance board could fire her. The agency was found spending a bunch of taxpayer money for no other reason than they thought they could:
