Tour de force CoPOWR arriving at the December 2003, 

Tampa Bay Water Board Meeting

Tampa Bay Water Makes Historic Decision

 At it's December 2003 meeting the Board of Tampa Bay Water voted 7 to 2 in favor of  configuration “E” of the Tampa Bay Water Master Plan to  meet the projected water needs of its customers through 2012.  Configuration “E” relies on alternative sources of water and supports CoPOWR’s position of no new ground water pumping in Pasco or Hillsborough County.

This is a historic shift of policy for Tampa Bay Water (TBW), the tri-county water supplier for Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties.  It’s nine -member board is comprised of two representatives from each of the three counties and the Mayors of Tampa,  St. Petersburg and New Port Richey.

Prior to their vote, CoPOWR advisory board member Andy Smith made a convincing presentation to the TBW board regarding the “true”  cost of ground water pumping which factored in the costs of mitigating for environmental impacts associated with ground water pumping.

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio made the motion to move forward with the alternative water supply projects and Pasco Commissioner Hildebrand seconded the motion.  The motion carried by a vote of seven to two.  

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