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Environment

Tampa will look into sending treated wastewater into the Hillsborough River

Steve Newborn

Tampa City Council members decided Thursday to go ahead with a plan to design a system that could pipe wastewater that is now dumped into Tampa Bay into the Hillsborough River instead.
Environment

Plan To Reuse Tampa's Wastewater Up For Thursday Vote

Steve Newborn

The plan would dump highly treated wastewater downstream from the city's drinking water intake pipes on the Hillsborough River.
Local / State

Utility Rate Increase For Tampa Residents In The Pipeline

Delaney Brown

Tampa City Council members voted Thursday night in favor of the city’s largest infrastructure project yet: a $2.9 billion overhaul of the city’s aging…
Environment

Tampa's 'Toilet To Tap' Project Flushed From Budget

Steve Newborn

It looks like "Toilet to Tap" is officially kaput.Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on Thursday removed a request for $300 million that would have funded the…
Environment

Tampa Bay Water Chairman: Board Is 'Teetering On Edge Of Water War'

Steve Newborn

Sparks started flying Monday during a meeting of Tampa Bay Water, and got so bad the chairman said it could threaten the future of the regional water…
Environment

Tampa Withdraws Request For 'Toilet To Tap' Funding

Steve Newborn

The city of Tampa has withdrawn its request for $1.6 million to pay for a study of injecting reclaimed wastewater into the underground aquifer - so it…
Environment

Vote On Tampa's 'Toilet To Tap' Postponed For A Year

Steve Newborn

The regional water authority postponed a decision Monday on a controversial plan that would take treated wastewater from the city of Tampa and inject it…

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