Developer Lee Pallardy of Tampa has spent two years trying to build Trilby Estates, a horse-oriented subdivision off Powerline Road in the Trilby area. On Thursday, he learned he will have to wait two more weeks for approval of the project. The county's Development Review Committee delayed action on the 85-home development until Aug. 14 after Pallardy objected to a requirement that he install water lines and fire hydrants in the gated subdivision. ...more

July 25, 2008

Local municipalities and the county are scrambling to comply with a 2002 state mandate that might cost thousands of county public water customers at least $300 each. ...more

July 16, 2008

Businesses along a 2-mile stretch of West Linebaugh Avenue soon will be able to connect to county water, thanks to a $2.2 million potable water pipeline project. ...more

July 5, 2008

About 2,000 Pinellas County water and sewer customers in Madeira Beach recently received late notices threatening to cut off their service. ...more

June 28, 2008

About 2,000 Pinellas County water and sewer customers in Madeira Beach recently received late notices threatening to cut off their service. ...more

June 27, 2008

EAST LAKE - Pinellas County officials' plan to designate 900 acres of the Brooker Creek Preserve for a future water treatment facility has drawn fire from environmentalists and others. At a Tuesday night's town hall meeting at the Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, county land management and utilities officials presented a revised management plan for the 8,000-plus-acre county-owned preserve. ...more

June 14, 2008

LAKE PLACID — State Representative Denise Grimsley's condo used more water than any other piece of residential property in Lake Placid through all of 2007 and the first three months of 2008, the town's water usage records indicate. The condo at 19 Sunset Lane had used more than 50,000 gallons a month from January 2007––the earliest records obtained in a countywide request of all municipal and county water usage records––to March 17, 2008. Her usage cut down to 11,000 gallons per month from March through May 16. Lake Placid utilities director Gary Freeman said the typical Lake Placid resident consumes 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of water per month. ...more

June 9, 2008

Recent local newspaper articles jubilantly announced preliminary plans for ethanol to be produced by a plant just south of Lake Placid. Articles indicated the ethanol would be produced from sorghum cane that would be grown in southern Highlands County. They directed attention to the jobs that would be created by this program; however, no mention was made of the great amount of water needed to produce at least two crops of this sorghum per year and the four to five gallons of water required to produce each gallon of ethanol. ...more

May 30, 2008

The owner of Lindrick Service Corp. and Pasco County officials appear to be closer to deal that would allow the county to buy the utility for a reduced price and defer an additional payment for several years. ...more

February 12, 2008

Developers who want county water and sewer lines extended to new projects in rural areas got no cooperation Monday night from the Hillsborough Planning Commission. ...more

January 29, 2008