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Tampa Bay Water approves $162 million to fix regional reservoir listen

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Tags: SWFWMD, Tampa Bay Water, Tampa Bay Water Supply, C.W. Bill Young, reservoir, repair costs, water

After years of planning and negotiation, Tampa Bay Water has finally approved a $162 million contract to fix the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir. Tampa Bay Water general manager Gerald Seeber said the plan will not only increase water storage capacity, but also help prepare for future drought. Now that the contract was approved, it will go to design and permitting over the next year.

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Samm Simpson lays out her platform listen

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Over the past couple of weeks we’ve features interviews with the Democrats running for Congress in District 10. Last week, when we spoke with Samm Simpson, our interview consisted mainly of her rebutting criticism of essentially sleazy campaigning.

Those charges were made about her and fellow District 10 Democratic candidate Max Linn by state Rep. Rick Kriseman and the St. Petersburg Times editorial page about a couple of neighborhood meetings in the Azalea section of St. Petersburg rega...