The West Coast Regional Water Supply Authority is Florida's largest provider of wholesale water. Created in 1974, the Authority's mission is to provide its member governments with adequate and reliable supplies of high-quality water to meet the area's present and future needs in an economically and environmentally sound manner. The Authority's members include Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties and the cities of St. Petersburg, Tampa and New Port Richey. New Port Richey is represented on the Board by a non-voting member.
Water is produced for the public through a variety of facilities.
The Authority owns and operates eight groundwater supply facilities and one surface water supply facility in conjunction with its six member governments. The Authority also co-manages two groundwater supply facilities owned by the city of St. Petersburg. The members own and operate three other groundwater supply sources, one surface water reservoir and locally connected supply wells. In total, the Authority owns or coordinates 15 water supply facilities. Total production from Authority-owned facilities is about 42 billion gallons annually, an average of about 116 million gallons a day.