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METROPOLITAN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S WATCHFUL WSPAPER


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TAMPA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1989


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TampaB pass Canal Bo tsCi ter

For the third t thi.ece -Bay ..om 0z
the Tamp Bypass is being the damnai' s created.
used to supper! the water .the .S.Army Corps of
needsofthe City ampa. The result
dephaMt Tamipas 'i1talh 3 .?
Efil l by-
wae W-81. 3

ic.wesist Water w after system iddi
Sui p th~rit ianal pre. to ..wi
i city'ss -was divert floodwater
water supply. "'o 4I r residentn mantlee
S'In91981,' Tam rc d Hills ugh-Rivei -timesf
total of 685 million allio, aIia jin, hi T.odaysit.serves the
3.85 billi~ogalldns 1985. Offi- dual aa flood o trolfacility
idal said the i of the watir -and 'rgionatlwater,~upply
beindiverted into ecitjreset- soP AYss -
vor is comparable that i w st. Rgiona
rive. -A-u '- supply ty
TheTampa Canal crea by the Florida Legisla-
s at th Hil igh' ei ture 1974. In those 15 years, it
nriit frthiityr i cmplieTer. .ba a -r pub
racflo-ws2f suth aloi^ IT.S. wter o
Hig oi l ta -up with 0i oi ad
Palm -R 1"i briff1 .ut ef a

B' pass Canal
Cotm edfronm pmge I
borou h and their cities.
The oal of the Water Supply
Autho ity is to develop regional
water supplies for those govern-
ments while minimizing any
adverse environmental impacts
that ld result from water pro-
ductio and distribution.
T y, West Coast supplies
more an 1 million people with
potable water without levying
any t es. With all the current
talk but "planning," West
Coast as in place a master plan
that w supply potable water to
consu ers through the Year
2020.


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