Water

A petition is seeking to protect of one the most endangered whales in the world by creating restrictions near Florida’s west-coast ports.

A low-income community next to the University of South Florida has long suffered from a lack of clean water. 

Spring break season is approaching. That’s a time when Florida’s fragile rivers can get damaged from overuse. Local and state partners want to minimize environmental damage to a popular Hernando County destination. The Weeki Wachee...

Red Tide is currently back in several Tampa Bay area coastal counties. But it’s outside of the typical season.

Red Tide has remained in Southwest Florida as of Wednesday and reports of fish kills likely caused by red tide.

The Florida Springs Council won an appeal and will get a Department of Administrative Hearing on a controversial bottled water permit.

The Mayor calls it "PURE." The Tampa City Council calls it "Toilet To Tap." It is the plan to mix highly treated wastewater with the City's drinking water by 2032. Environmentalists and neighborhood activists strongly...

The Florida Springs Council will get a hearing to challenge a permit for a Nestlé-linked company to pipe water to a bottling plant.

Environmentalists & community leaders wanted to work with Tampa on options for reusing wastewater. But now they oppose the mayor's PURE plan.

Some activists in Florida are trying to pass an amendment to the state constitution that would protect the right to clean water.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection reports a possible tear in the lining of Mosaic’s New Wales gypstack.

A U.S. District Judge has put a six-month hold on a lawsuit against the Piney Point waste site. The state is trying to close the site.