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Tampa Bay Water to Host Public Meeting on the Eastern Pasco Wellfield Feasibility Study, Dec. 4, 2024
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For Immediate Release

Contact: Brandon Moore
bmoore@tampabaywater.org
(727) 791-2304

Clearwater, Fla - (Nov. 26, 2024) Tampa Bay Water, the region’s wholesale drinking water utility, invites residents, stakeholders, and community members to attend a public meeting on the Eastern Pasco Wellfield Feasibility Study. 

Date and Time: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 
6 p.m. – Open House; 6:30 p.m. – Presentation 

Place: St. Leo University, Student Community Center Boardroom 
33701 County Road 52, St. Leo, FL 33574 

Tampa Bay Water staff will provide information on the Eastern Pasco Wellfield Feasibility Study and other potential projects being studied in the utility’s Long-Term Master Water Plan to meet the region’s future drinking water needs. After the presentation, members of the project team will answer questions and take public comments. 

The Eastern Pasco Feasibility Study will explore a potential new wellfield that could use brackish groundwater, fresh groundwater, or a blend of both. The initial steps are to acquire property, install test and monitor wells, and then conduct aquifer performance tests. These tests will provide important data on water quality, water quantity, and data needed to model aquifer responses to pumping. For more information on the Eastern Pasco Wellfield Feasibility Study, please visit the project web page at tampabaywater.org/EPW.  

Any person requiring special accommodations to participate in a community meeting is asked to advise the project team at least 3 days before the meeting by calling (813) 550-8326 or emailing GroundwaterProjectInfo@gmail.com.  

About Tampa Bay Water

Tampa Bay Water is the largest wholesale water supplier in Florida, providing high-quality drinking water to its members, who in turn, supply water to more than 2.6 million residents of the Tampa Bay area. Tampa Bay Water member governments include Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties and the cities of New Port Richey, St. Petersburg and Tampa. To learn more, visit tampabaywater.org.