Conservation Careers Blog Newsroom Contact TAMPA BAY WATER: AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS STORY Tampa Bay Water and the Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) are excited to announce the successful environmental recovery efforts in northern Tampa Bay. [Read more] CHUCK CARDEN SELECTED AS NEW GENERAL MANAGER PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE WATER WISE REBATES HELP SAVE WATER AND MONEY PUBLIC NOTICES Monday, December 13, 2021 | Regular Board Meeting WATCH LIVE BOARD MEETINGS BOARD MEETINGS ON DEMAND Subscribe to Our Newsletter Book a Speaker Tampa Bay Water Careers Working With Us Supplying Water to the Tampa Bay Region If you live in the Tampa Bay area, chances are you get your water from us. Our mission is to reliably provide clean, safe water to the region now and for future generations. We supply wholesale drinking water to more than 2.5 million people through the governments we serve. 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LEARN MORE ABOUT WATER QUALITY View Video with Audio Descriptions The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection require that all water utilities provide their customers with a water quality report annually. The report contains details about your sources of drinking water, how it is treated, what it contains and how it compares to federal and state standards. 2020 WATER QUALITY REPORT Recent Blog Articles Public Opinion Survey Results Are Available Every three years, Tampa Bay Water conducts a public opinion survey to collect information and measure citizen attitudes and behaviors on important water supply issues, such as available water supply,... Read More Tampa Bay Water Completes Regional Resiliency Assessment Program Tampa Bay Water recently completed a regional in-depth physical and cyber resiliency assessment. The Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) is conducted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a... Read More Tampa Bay Water Addresses Additional Changes at Big Bend Power Plant In 2018 and earlier this year, Tampa Electric Company (TECO) announced it was making modifications to its Big Bend Power Plant in Apollo Beach, Fla., where the desalination plant is... Read More Hillsborough Pipeline One Step Closer to Construction Tampa Bay Water and Hillsborough County have been negotiating a joint project agreement for Hillsborough County Pipeline Segment B which, when complete, will deliver water from the Lithia Water Treatment... Read More Liquid Oxygen Deliveries Return Lithia Facility to Normal Operations Deliveries of liquid oxygen around the state of Florida have improved and Tampa Bay Water is back to using ozone to remove hydrogen sulfide at its Lithia Facility. Ozone, generated... Read More MORE ARTICLES Recent News Releases Grant Application Deadline Approaching NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Moore bmoore@tampabaywater.org (727) 791-2304 $30,000 available to community groups, nonprofits and school groups CLEARWATER, Fla. (Nov. 5, 2021) – Time is running out... Read More Tampa Bay Water to Test Emergency Notification Sirens at Reservoir on Wed., Nov. 3, at 9 a.m. MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Moore bmoore@tampabaywater.org (727) 791-2304 | (727) 470-0702 LITHIA, Fla. (Nov. 1, 2021) – Tampa Bay Water is conducting a test of its emergency siren system... Read More Controlled Burns Scheduled for C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Moore bmoore@tampabaywater.org (727) 791-2304 PICNIC and LITHIA, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2021) – Tampa Bay Water will be conducting “controlled, prescribed burns” during the... Read More Charles H. "Chuck" Carden is Tampa Bay Water’s New General Manager NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Moorebmoore@tampabaywater.org727-796-2355 CLEARWATER, Fla. (Oct. 18, 2021) – Tampa Bay Water’s board of directors ended its search for a new leader Monday after voting 7-0... Read More MORE NEWS RELEASES CONTACT US Public Records Requests Public records requests should be directed to the records custodian, Krista Simon, at: Phone: (727) 796‑2355 or (813) 996‑7009 Email: records@tampabaywater.org Fax: (727) 791‑2388 Mail: 2575 Enterprise Road Clearwater, FL 33763 2021-22 REGULATORY PLAN Copyright 2021 By Tampa Bay Water Terms | Privacy | Accessibility