A new water plant is online and soon will be supplying some 10 million gallons of water a day to homes and businesses in eastern and southern Hillsborough County. ...more

March 18, 2009

Visit the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Web site (www.swfwmd.state.fl.us) and click on Green Swamp. A picturesque presentation, complete with sounds of birds, as well as a description touting the swamp's importance to central Florida's water supply pops up. ...more

February 11, 2009

Some water customers in South Shore may notice reduced water pressure during the next few weeks. ...more

February 11, 2009

The leak has been repaired, the lines reburied and the water and traffic are flowing again. ...more

December 31, 2008

The winding detour, sandy-covered streets, rattling machinery and stifling stench of flowing, raw sewage should now be a thankfully-buried part of Sun City Center's past. ...more

December 10, 2008

Valrico Elementary School teachers Diane King and Brad Jackson were honored by the Southwest Florida Water Management District recently for their Cycles of Life water resource project, designed to help students learn about the resource and the need to conserve. ...more

December 3, 2008

A Sun City pond surrounded by homes has some bacteria in it, but tests conducted this week cannot pinpoint the cause, county officials said today. ...more

November 25, 2008

Southwest Florida Water Management District will be conducting controlled, prescribed burns in November and December on 150 acres of land. ...more

November 17, 2008

Things may get a little smoky in the area of Jack Creek later this month and into December as the Southwest Florida Water Management District conducts a series of controlled burns. ...more

November 15, 2008

A sewage leak has health officials warning residents along the Bay Crest Canals south of Hillsborough Avenue and west of Memorial Highway to avoid contact with the water for the next few days. ...more

November 1, 2008