Some people light up a room when they arrive. Sweetbay Supermarkets customers will light up the freezer aisle in the company's new Tarpon Springs store. ...more

December 5, 2009

Some people light up the room when they arrive. Sweetbay Supermarket customers will light up the freezer aisle in the company's new Tarpon Springs store. Opened last month on South Pinellas Avenue, Sweetbay built the store as a virtual showcase of eco-friendly, energy-saving projects not usually seen in grocery stores. There are motion sensors that turn on lights only when customers walk nearby. And huge areas of the stores have refrigerators with glass doors, rather than open-air shelves. ...more

December 4, 2009

It will cost $400,000 in lawyer and consultant fees to figure out whether consolidating Hillsborough County's four public water systems makes sense. ...more

November 5, 2009

Interest seemed to dry up years ago in a regional, reclaimed water network while rainfall was plentiful. ...more

May 2, 2009

Interest seemed to dry up years ago in a regional, reclaimed water network while rainfall was plentiful. ...more

April 25, 2009

PLANT CITY A $3.6 million project will extend reclaimed water lines to the Walden Lake golf course, South Florida Baptist Hospital and Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. ...more

April 15, 2009

Water restrictions from the Southwest Florida Water Management District take effect Friday in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. Tampa also is imposing new rules Friday. ...more

April 2, 2009

Starting Friday, tougher water restrictions from the Southwest Florida Water Management District take effect for residents in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. The city of Tampa also is imposing its own new rules Friday. ...more

April 1, 2009

Put away your pressure washers, cancel the school band's carwash and reset your sprinkler timers. ...more

April 1, 2009

With the continued drought and an increased desire to conserve, more people are asking about reclaimed water, said Alys Brockway, the county's water conservation coordinator. ...more

April 1, 2009