Water service has been turned off to approximately 400 homes in east Hillsborough while crews work to repair a leak at a connection on an 8-inch pipeline. Once water service is restored, these customers are advised to boil tap water used for cooking and drinking through at least Friday morning. Customers affected are along John Moore Road, south of Wild Oak Drive to the Alafia River, including all streets and subdivisions thatconnect to John Moore in this area. Some of the subdivisions impacted include Camelot Woods, Dogwood Hills and Hickory Ridge. ...more

November 26, 2008

Cleanup of a 2005 diesel spill entered a new phase recently in a neighborhood at Wilkinson Drive and State Road 574. ...more

October 8, 2008

Three years after a diesel fuel line ruptured near railroad tracks west of Plant City, contaminating a dozen residential and commercial properties, the cleanup is still under way. ...more

September 17, 2008

The Florida Gas Transmission Co. is expanding its underground natural gas pipeline network and is holidng an open house in Land O' Lakes tonight to discuss its plans. About 22 miles of the proposed natural gas pipeline expansion could someday stretch through Pasco County. A representative from the Florida Gas Transmission on June 10 briefed Pasco County commissioners on the company's plans. The 36-inch pipeline would stretch from Tallahassee to South Florida, cutting through 25 counties. Pasco County residents are invited to the open house 6-7:30 p.m. tnoight at the Land O' Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O' Lakes Blvd. The Pasco portion primarily would run adjacent to an existing corridor along State Road 52, south through Land O' Lakes to the Hillsborough County line, said Stephen Veatch, the company's senior director for certificates and tariffs. The $2 billion expansion project would serve utility providers such as Florida Power & Light, Seminole Electric Cooperative, the city of Tallahassee and possibly Progress Energy in the future. The expansion is needed to serve growing energy needs and higher demands for natural gas, an environmentally preferable alternative to coal, Veatch said in June. For information about the project, call 1-877-663-9161 or go to www.panhandleenergy .com/fgt/phaseviii ...more

July 8, 2008

Florida Gas Transmission Company wants to run about 10 miles of new natural gas pipeline through Hernando County as part of a massive expansion project to meet burgeoning demand for the resource throughout the state. ...more

June 18, 2008

Plans are to follow existing lines. ...more

June 17, 2008

About 22 miles of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion could someday stretch through Pasco County. ...more

June 11, 2008

CLEARWATER - A pipeline supplying water to parts of Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties is back in service after a temporary shutdown, Tampa Bay Water announced Saturday. ...more

December 1, 2007

TAMPA - Tampa Bay Water is asking customers in some areas of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties to cut off their lawn irrigation systems for a week starting Nov. 27 while the utility replaces a pipeline connection. ...more

November 20, 2007