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Water
Tampa urges residents to keep fat, oil, grease, and wet wipes out of drains
Listen: This hurricane season, the City of Tampa is urging residents to keep leftover fat, oil, grease, and especially wet wipes out of the drain. At a wastewater plant in Tampa, a technician removes a...
Petition to protect endangered Rice’s whale draws mixed reactions
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.
Researchers work to protect a popular Florida river before the spring break season
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 reported off Pinellas, Manatee & Sarasota Counties outside of typical season
Red Tide is currently back in several Tampa Bay area coastal counties. But it’s outside of the typical season.
Red tide still lingers from Pinellas to Sarasota
Red Tide has remained in Southwest Florida as of Wednesday and reports of fish kills likely caused by red tide.
Update on threats to Florida’s freshwater springs
The Florida Springs Council won an appeal and will get a Department of Administrative Hearing on a controversial bottled water permit.
PURE or “Toilet to Tap”? What’s Going in Tampa’s Drinking Water?
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...
Court allows a hearing on a water permit for a company linked to Nestlé
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.
Should Florida have a right to clean water in its constitution?
Some activists in Florida are trying to pass an amendment to the state constitution that would protect the right to clean water.
Possible tear in the lining of Mosaic’s New Wales gypstack
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection reports a possible tear in the lining of Mosaic’s New Wales gypstack.
