News Briefs: Tampa Officials Consider Indirect Potable Reuse Project

Public works officials in Tampa, Florida, are working with Mayor Jane Castor on a $3.1 billion proposal to rehabilitate the city’s aging sewer and water infrastructure and build a new water source via indirect potable reuse. Some residents, however, have expressed that they aren’t happy about a proposal that could double their water bills by 2026. In response to that, seven city council members came out in opposition of part of the plan that would cost $300 million to build a 50 mgd indirect potable reuse system. It’s also worth noting that critics are using the derisive moniker “toilet-to-tap” to