WaterMatters Magazine Archive

Just northeast of the Lake Manatee Reservoir in Manatee County, undisturbed areas of native habitats provide an example of historic Florida palmetto prairie, pine flatwoods and scrubby flatwoods communities…

Top: Carl Wright, District senior water conservation analyst, left, and Nick Makris, District staff water conservation analyst, use the District’s computerized leak correlator to pinpoint the location of a…

John Finnerty, president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of East & Central Pasco, left; Ron Oakley, former District Governing Board chair, center; and Susan Douglas, District Florida Water StarSM (…

“This could change the way we think about construction in the future.”  —Ruffin Gray A Lakeland business saved thousands of gallons of water and paid less for utilities its first year by…

In order to increase efficiency of operations and reduce costs, the Governing Board approved a resolution to merge the budgets of the District’s eight Basin Boards into the Governing Board’s budget, while…

H. Paul Senft, Jr. was elected unanimously May 24 by his peers to serve as Governing Board chair. The new Governing Board officers are, left to right, Albert G. Joerger of Sarasota, treasurer; Hugh M.…

District Executive Director David L. Moore resigned May 26. He will continue temporarily in the role to help facilitate the successful transition of the next executive director. Moore, who was appointed…

Scott Reappoints Three to Governing Board Gov. Rick Scott recently reappointed Albert Joerger, H. Paul Senft and Doug Tharp to the District’s Governing Board. Joerger is from Sarasota and is the founder and…

Top: Students show off their “Water Cycle in a Bag” projects. Above: Toi Basso, District senior administrative assistant, and Patty Williams, District senior revenue compliance coordinator, sign up students…

Richard A. Shirley, Superintendent of Schools for Sumter County, left, presents Doug Tharp, Governing Board secretary, with a 2010–2011 Outstanding Service Award. The award was presented to the District for…

Left: Donna Holdrege, District administrative supervisor, left, and Mary Torrusio, District senior communications coordinator, second from left, demonstrate a watershed model to students. Right: Dan Wolthuis…

Housh Ghovaee, far right, former secretary of the Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board, judges water samples. We expect it to be odorless, colorless and refreshing right out of the tap. But not all water…

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The District recently kicked off a new multimedia public service advertising campaign to educate residents on Florida-friendly fertilizing. “There are a lot of misconceptions about how to fertilize properly…

Tampa Bay Water Permit Renewed for Additional 10 Years The Governing Board has renewed Tampa Bay Water’s 90-million-gallon-per-day northern Tampa Bay consolidated water use permit for 10 years while requiring…

Above, plantings at the Tampa office are beyond the building eaves, requiring less irrigation.  Below, fixture supply lines are required to be reinforced. As in most District offices, water-saving…

Engineer Matt Preston keeps watch from the boat, while swimmers Stephanie Powers and Mary Szafraniec, District environmental scientists, survey seagrass. Vital Marine Habitat Shows Improvement in Six Water…

A monthly graph of rainfall as a 12-month departure from mean shows deficits lasting longer than surpluses in recent history. As the annual observance of April as Water Conservation Month approaches, water…

Eleven-year-old Tommy Money, along with friends Addie Ratliff, 9, and Emily Ratliff, 6, huddled together to discuss what they would name their longleaf pine sapling as they gently placed it into the ground…

Todd Pressman, Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board co-chair, third from left, joins the Oldsmar mayor, city council and utility staff for the groundbreaking of the city’s reverse osmosis plant. District Board…

Photo courtesy Florida Park Service Terra Ceia Preserve State Park continues to improve — thanks to a recent cleanup project. The District’s Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Program staff…

Members of Gulfport’s Kayak Nature Adventures Paddle Club loaded their boats and headed to Citrus County for a trek into the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area. Their quarry: cans and bottles, bags and…

Walk through the doors of the new Glazer Children’s Museum in downtown Tampa and you’ll face an impressive two-story exhibit with children hanging from the sky, pretending to be drops of water in the clouds…

  In response to this year’s destructive freeze, the District is taking proactive measures to prepare for similar events in the future. From January 3–13, 2010, for the first time in recorded history…

Basin Board Members Appointed Governor Charlie Crist recently appointed new members to the Pinellas-Anclote River, Withlacoochee River and Peace River basin boards. Roland Dove and Janet Hoppe were appointed…