A low-income community next to the University of South Florida has long suffered from a lack of clean water.
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A Blueprint For Global Action
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh are passionate about their cause. The story they tell in The Water Defenders – How Ordinary People Saved A Country From Corporate Greed tells the inspirational story of a community that took on an international mining corporation at seemingly insurmountable odds and won not one but two historic victories. In… Read more »
Water issues plague the Tampa Bay region
From low water pressure in south Hillsborough County caused by rapid development to a massive fish kill in Pinellas County waters caused by Red Tide, and the Piney Point disaster in April where a long dormant phosphate plant dumped nearly 200 millions of gallons of nitrogen-rich wastewater into Tampa Bay, it has been a rough year for water in the region.
Water board unanimously approves permit for Seven Springs/Nestlé to pump more water from Ginnie Springs
The Suwannee River Water Management District Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a permit allowing the Seven Springs Water Company to pump nearly a million gallons of water per day from Ginnie Springs to a nearby Nestlé bottling plant. Tuesday’s vote came after four hours of public comment calling for the permit to be denied. LISTEN:… Read more »
Will judge’s ruling allow Nestlé and Seven Springs to bottle nearly a million gallons of water a day from Florida springs?
Opponents of the plan to allow a giant corporation to draw more water from Florida’s pristine springs and aquifer suffered a setback last month. The food giant Nestlé is collaborating with a company called Seven Springs Water to apply for a permit renewal to take nearly a million gallons a day of water from springs… Read more »
Will new Suwannee River Water Management District board member impact Nestle’s water application?
The water management district that will decide on whether Nestlé and its partner will get a permit to take a million gallons of water a day from a north Florida spring system will soon have a new board member. On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Harry Smith to the Suwannee River Water Management District Governing Board…. Read more »
Water quality advisories at Pasco County’s Robert J. Strickland Beach and Gulf Harbors Beach
The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County announced Wednesday that two of its beaches are under a water quality advisory. Based on water sampling done on Monday (24 August 2020), Robert J. Strickland Beach and Gulf Harbors Beach were issued a water quality advisory “based upon criteria for evaluating the presence of enterococci (intestinal bacteria)… Read more »
UPDATE: Water management district puts off its decision on Nestlé springs water permit
Update, 10:01 a.m. Tuesday 11 August 2020: This morning the board of the Suwanee River Water Management District voted to put off a decision on whether to grant Nestle and its partner a permit to take a million gallons of water a day from a North Florida spring system. In a 5-1 vote, the water… Read more »
Water management district nears decision on Nestlé springs water permit
Update, 10:01 a.m. Tuesday 11 August 2020: This morning the board of the Suwanee River Water Management District voted to put off a decision on whether to grant Nestle and its partner a permit to take a million gallons of water a day from a North Florida spring system. In a 5-1 vote, the water… Read more »
