CLEARWATER - Clearwater residents could someday be drinking treated sewage. City officials are looking to meet the ever-increasing demand for drinking water with purified wastewater. They say recycling wastewater would take pressure off the aquifer, cut the amount of sewage running into local waters and eventually trim water bills. ...more

May 25, 2008

State Rep. Rich Glorioso gives the House of Representatives good marks for its efforts during the 2008 legislative session. ...more

May 24, 2008

Items of interest from the May 12 city commission meeting included: •A cooperative interested in developing a regional reclaimed water distribution line to eastern Hillsborough County and beyond is testing the waters in Plant City. ...more

May 21, 2008

Residents of central and east Pasco's newest neighborhoods may have to wait a few more years for reclaimed water as the county prepares to construct a pump station and pipelines to treat wastewater in Shady Hills. ...more

May 11, 2008

PORT TAMPA Mayor Pam Iorio tonight said neighborhoods won't feel the pinch of smaller city government caused by the economic downturn. "We are not cutting critical services," Iorio said during a town hall meeting at Westshore Elementary School. She said the city won't cut police officers and she vowed to hire firefighters. ...more

May 6, 2008

At a recent council meeting, two of Mayor Pam Iorio's highest-paid administrators sat side by side for hours. One was there in case the council had questions about a new code enforcement director. The other was there to lead a discussion on a reclaimed water project. ...more

May 5, 2008

Seven years from now, a million gallons or more of reclaimed water per day could be flowing from a county wastewater treatment plant to the massive Hickory Hill subdivision planned for this tiny east county hamlet. ...more

February 14, 2008

SEBRING — Sun 'n Lake of Sebring homeowners chose a new board member and then the board decided to re-examine the independent auditing process. Frank Guglielmi, SNL winter resident since 1993, and a full-timer since 1999, was the lone candidate to fill the only available position on the five-member board. John Negley resigned from the board midway through a four-year term on Monday. ...more

January 26, 2008

Pinellas County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $1.5 million project to install reclaimed waste-water lines in a portion of the Palm Harbor area. ...more

January 8, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District is asking residents who water their lawns to skip a week now that the temperatures have dropped a bit. ...more

December 29, 2007