Media Release | January 28, 2025
Pasco Media Relations & Communications
PASCO COUNTY, FL —- Saving you water! Pasco County Utilities receives a Meritorious Award as part of the 2024 Water Conservation Awards for Excellence. The prestigious honor celebrates innovative and outstanding achievements in water efficiency across Florida.
The Florida Section of the American Water Works Association presented the award to Water Conservation & Efficiency Coordinator Phoenix McKinney – highlighting her work on the “Reactive Focused Assistance Site Visit” program, which offers free, onsite assistance to help customers identify leaks or other issues contributing to high water use.
“Our goal is to help customers pinpoint the cause of their high-water use and then reduce it,” says McKinney. “Thanks to our program, customers we’ve worked with are saving between 1,000 and 30,000 gallons of water every month.”
During a six-month period in 2024, Pasco County Utilities provided onsite assistance to 41 homeowners, resulting in an overall savings of about 313,500 gallons of water per month.
The program isn’t just for residential customers. Any Pasco County Utilities’ account holder – including HOA board members, community management professionals, commercial property owners and model home sales teams – can request a site visit or consultation.
If you’re a Pasco County Utilities customer and your water usage seems higher than you expected, request on-site assistance by emailing us at: SaveH2O@MyPasco.net
Tips for water conservation and efficiency are available at mypas.co/SeekALeak. Know your watering day by visiting bit.ly/PascoWatering.
Visit PascoCountyUtilities.com for more information about Pasco County Utilities.
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Pasco County Community Development Receives National Award
Media Release | January 23, 2025
Pasco County Media Relations & Communications
PASCO COUNTY, FL —- What an accomplishment! For the fifth year in a row, the National Community Development Association (NCDA) recognizes Pasco County Community Development (PCCD) as a winner of the 2025 Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award for our collaboration on the Lake Lisa Inclusive Playground project.
“Another award-winning project for our team,” says Pasco Board of County Commissioners Vice Chair Jack Mariano. “Our collaboration on this specific need in our community makes a huge difference for the wellness and enjoyment of our children!”
Lake Lisa Playground is the first universally inclusive playground on Pasco County’s west side designed for children living with a disability to feel welcome because it was built for children of all abilities, not adapted to them.
Unique elements within the playground include:
- Handicap Swing
- Rock-N-Wave
- Temple Trolley
PCCD and Pasco County Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources, with funding from a Community Development Block Grant, General Obligation Bonds, General Revenue and private donations, designed and built this playground for children of all abilities to enjoy.
Pasco will attend the 56th NCDA Winter Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. February 7, 2025, to receive this distinct honor. PCCD also received the Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The Audrey Nelson Award recognizes exemplary local projects and programs funded through the HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and other HUD Office of Community Planning and Development funding. For more information, visit: ncdaonline.org.
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