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May 26th, 2023 || News and Public Affairs, Water.

Hillsborough County takes action to improve water quality in neglected community after push from advocates

A low-income community next to the University of South Florida has long suffered from a lack of clean water. 

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Update on threats to Florida's freshwater springs

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    Court allows a hearing on a water permit for a company linked to Nestlé

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    Blue-green algae bloom alert for Eagle Lake Park in Largo

    The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County has issued a health alert due to the presence of blue-green algal toxins in the lake. 

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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 »

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    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.

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    Water board unanimously approves permit for Seven Springs/Nestlé to pump more water from Ginnie Springs

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    Will new Suwannee River Water Management District board member impact Nestle’s water application?

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    Water quality advisories at Pasco County’s Robert J. Strickland Beach and Gulf Harbors Beach

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    Florida springs and fresh water

    August 11th, 2020

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    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 »

    Florida springs and fresh water

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    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 »

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