Tampa Bay Water is Organized into Four Divisions
– includes the
General Manager’s Office and General Counsel’s Office. Both
the General Manager and General Counsel report to the Board of Directors.
The General Manager is responsible for implementing Board policy to ensure
the agency’s mission of responsible water delivery is met. Public
Affairs staff is in the General Manager’s Office. The General Counsel
has a three-person legal department and handles a variety of legal matters
for the agency relating to operations, permitting, contracts, property
acquisition, defense of legal matters, construction-related services,
human resource and fiscal matters.
– 52 employees responsible
for water quality compliance, facilities and maintenance, operations, instrumentation
and controls, construction and mitigation. The division oversees construction,
start-up, testing, operation and maintenance of all facilities and equipment
used to produce, treat and deliver water to Tampa Bay Water’s member
governments.
– 36 employees responsible
for tracking, analyzing and evaluating hydrologic and environmental
conditions in and around Tampa Bay Water facilities; preparing permit applications
and implementing regulatory requirements; developing alternative management
scenarios for facility operations to minimize environmental impacts; identifying
potential environmental impacts associated with water supply projects and
implementing programs to minimize those impacts; identifying and developing
new water supplies and obtaining construction permits and properties and easements
required for new facilities.
– 30 employees
in the areas of finance, human resources, information services and Board
records. The division manages the finance of new and existing
water supply facilities, budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, debt
management, purchases, fixed assets, human resources, records retention, telecommunications
as well as all computer software and hardware, network infrastructure, database
applications and SCADA system support.
