Senate Bill 318: Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources received 9 YEAS and 10 NAYS and died in the Florida Senate Appropriations committee on March 11, 2016. This bill was referred in October 2015 to the Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Subcommittee and was approved in January 2016. The bill then moved to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and was …
Mark Farrell Talks ‘New’ Water
Mark Farrell, P.E., Principal at WRA and President of the Florida Reuse Association, was recently published in the Tampa Tribune for a piece he did regarding recycled water in Florida. In the article, Farrell states that although Florida is the leader in reclaimed water production, there is still so much we could do with our water use policy to save …
Withlacoochee GS Contract
General Services Contract – Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012 Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority (WRWSA) City of Ocala, Citrus, Hernando and Sumter Counties WRA has acted as the general services consultant for the WRWSA for the past two years. In that capacity WRA has been asked to provide technical support to the Executive Director and the WRWSA Board on a …
Jabil Campus Wetlands
Jabil Office Campus Wetland Restoration City of St. Petersburg, Florida WRA provided engineering, environmental and permitting services for Jabil Circuit’s proposed office corporate headwaters in Pinellas County. This 96-acre property was the largest undeveloped tract in St. Petersburg, and due to unanticipated spoil disposal problems the City was targeting this private property for emergency disposal of dredge spoil from Lake …
Weedon Island Preserve
Weedon Island Preserve Restoration Pinellas County, Florida WRA was the prime engineering firm for design and permitting of an innovative hydrologic restoration project in Pinellas County, FL. The project was a public-private partnership between Canterbury School and Pinellas County using the County park and coastal preserve at Weedon Island. The wetlands in the preserve had been altered by historic ditching for …