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Tampa Bay Water, formerly the West Coast Regional Water Supply Authority, was created in 1998 to deliver drinking water in an environmentally sound, cost-effective and reliable manner. To achieve these goals, the Agency created a diversified water supply system to reduce dependence on a sole source—groundwater.
The District encompasses approximately 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) in all or part of 16 counties in west-central Florida including Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter counties, serving a population of more than 5.5 million people.
Rivers of Hillsborough County, Florida (7 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Hillsborough County, Florida" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
TAMPA — Take all the lanes of the local and major roads across Hillsborough County and they total more than 7,200 miles. To keep the road system in better repair, county commissioners learned ...
The Tampa Bypass Canal works together with the Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area, which is land owned by the District. This land provides an area for the storage and detention of overflow water from the Hillsborough River and the Tampa Bypass Canal. Because it is used for water overflow storage, there are no homes or businesses built here.
It can store 15.5 billion US gallons (59,000,000 m 3) of water, enough to provide about one quarter of its service area's drinking water for six months. This eases demand on well water from the Floridan Aquifer. The surrounding 5,200-acre (21 km 2) tract of land in Hillsborough County is designated as a wildlife preserve to maintain habitat. [2]
A water main break on Route 206 south of ... Northbound traffic on Route 206 is being directed onto Dukes Parkway East in Hillsborough. Southbound Route 206 is open. ... “Somerset County is ...
Hillsborough County Courthouse, c. 1891 Hillsborough County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Tampa Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834, from Alachua and Monroe Counties, [6] during the U.S. territorial period (1822–1845).