Plant, Holy Names and Hillsborough's rowing teams took positives from solid performances at the Halloween Regatta at the Tampa Bypass Canal on Saturday. ...more

November 4, 2009

State environmental regulators may block a project that will revive the ecological health of the much-abused lower Hillsborough River. Their motives are admirable, but their objection doesn't make sense. ...more

October 22, 2009

The drought drags on, raise the area's wildfire risk and stress the region's drinking water supply. Pasco County residents need to take both situations seriously. ...more

March 28, 2009

In yet another indication of the severity of the ongoing drought, Hillsborough County has closed the Harney Canal Boat Ramp because of low water levels. ...more

March 27, 2009

With local lakes and rivers at critically low levels, the region's water provider has virtually shut down the surface water supply to the Tampa Bay region. ...more

March 13, 2009

If you expect to use the cover of darkness to sidestep water restrictions in St. Petersburg, forget it. Water cops will begin prowling city streets at night to enforce the once-weekly sprinkling rules. ...more

March 12, 2009

The water management district will let utilities tap additional sources of water as a stubborn lack of rain continues to strain supplies. The Southwest Florida Water Management District has issued two emergency orders granting Tampa to take water from Sulphur Springs to augment its reservoir on the Hillsborough River and for Tampa Bay Water to expand its withdrawals from the Tampa Bypass Canal. ...more

February 16, 2009

Thank you for your Jan. 31 editorial raising awareness about the ongoing three-year drought that has lowered river flows and regional water supplies to near record levels, and the concern that groundwater withdrawals may have to increase temporarily if the community does not achieve required conservation. ...more

February 9, 2009

A small, picturesque sinkhole near Morris Bridge Road will soon begin sending millions of gallons of water a day to the Tampa Bypass Canal, which will be available to help quench the region's drought-heightened thirst. ...more

January 22, 2009

A small, picturesque sinkhole near Morris Bridge Road will soon begin sending millions of gallons of water a day to the Tampa Bypass Canal that will be available to help quench the region's drought-heightened thirst. The pumping expected to start late this month or early in February should help Tampa Bay region's water supply, but pumping the Morris Bridge sinkhole in 2000 and 2001 caused wells of some nearby residents to go dry. ...more

January 18, 2009