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Tampa continues to plug away at leaky water and sewer pipe fixes
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTAMPA — After the cold snap around Christmas, water pipes started bursting around Tampa — 50 times in one week in Florida’s third-largest city. As streets were closed to repair the breaks and ...
Bradenton spilled 1.2 million gallons of sewage into Manatee River. What happens next?
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLast week, over 1 million gallons of partially treated sewage from Bradenton were discharged into...
Tampa’s plan for its wastewater in peril after City Council vote
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTAMPA — A high-profile and controversial project championed for decades by Tampa’s mayors to turn highly-treated sewage into water that is injected into the aquifer or Hillsborough River has ...
What’s in floodwaters? Hurricane Idalia’s surge poses hidden risk, CDC says
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Idalia left anywhere from a few inches to a few feet of standing...
Tampa’s proposed budget nears $1.9 billion
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTAMPA — Mayor Jane Castor and city officials presented a nearly $1.9 billion budget to City Council members on Thursday, emphasizing affordable housing...
After ‘toilet to tap,’ Tampa turns to Plan C for wastewater disposal
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe city of Tampa has a new idea for disposing of its treated wastewater — send it to the region’s drinking water supplier, Tampa Bay Water. The regional utility, which provides drinking water ...
10,600 gallons of raw sewage dumps into Riviera Bay in St. Petersburg after pipe break
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoST. PETERSBURG — Enough raw sewage to fill more than 250 bathtubs dumped into Riviera Bay over the...
Water quality has improved dramatically in the Chicago River. But how safe is swimming?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCHICAGO — When organizers announced their plans for an open swim in the Chicago River in September,...
62 clients join Gulf Breeze lawsuit alleging injury, illness from sewage-contaminated water
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe law firm of Morgan and Morgan has refiled a suit originally brought last year against the Midway Water System, Brown Construction and the city of Gulf Breeze to add more than 60 new clients ...
Tampa Council plans formal farewell for ‘toilet-to-tap’
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTampa Mayor Jane Castor’s often derided reclaimed water plan is no longer gasping for air. On Thursday, Tampa City Council members indicated they will ensure it drowns. The reclaimed water plan ...
