The most ambitious desalination project in the U.S. is in the works on the Flagler County coastline. The plant, called Coquina Coast, is part of a push to find alternative water sources, to protect the aquifer where much of Florida’s east coast gets most of its water. Recently, the DeLand-Deltona Beacon interviewed Tampa Bay Water Operations Manager [...]
Your water department: Thank you for conserving, but now we have to charge you more.
Mehul Patel is the process manager for the Orange County Water District in California. He says that the “Colorado River receives wastewater discharges at more than 200 locations before the water reaches kitchen taps in southern California.” Tampa already uses reclaimed water for irrigation, and now City Council member Charlie Miranda wants us to drink [...]
Several years ago, Swiftmud promised to give Tampa Bay Water $85 million plus interest to help build their desal plant, but there was a catch – the plant actually had to work. You might remember the years and years of screw-ups & snags – it seemed as if the desal plant would never work properly. On Monday, [...]
Quote of the Week: The perception of people out there – they think we suck. Public Service Commissioner Nancy Argenziano on the public’s view of the recent antics of the PSC dining and partying with executives of the very businesses they are supposed to regulate. Argenziano is right – we do think they suck.
Tarballs come from oil spills, and can make your day at the beach even more adventurous.
Tree huggers gathered in opposition to big oil, and drove their gas-guzzlers four blocks to do so.
Craig Pittman notes that Tampa Bay Water has had a couple of problems with their big-ticket items: Over the past decade, Tampa Bay Water has built three big, expensive facilities to slake the thirst of a growing region — only to see all three run into problems: It’s desalination plant was years late and millions over budget. [...]
It’s dry. Boy, is it dry. Early May in Florida is, as Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin used to say, “the peak of the dry”. Although I’ve designed my gardens to withstand drought, I can still see some signs of suffering, especially among the new plants I just couldn’t help putting in during March’s glorious weather. [...]
