SFWMD staff are recommending the governing board move to increase water restrictions. Recommendations include limiting lawn irrigation to one day a week and setting lower water use. [Business Journal]

Port LaBelle Utility Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 12, 2008 at 1:00 pm. Among the items to be discussed are Banyan pipeline & network construction project, Hendry water service planning and others. Visit this page frequently for more details. [Banyan DEP Approval]

The PLUS Advisory Board will not meet in June. Its July meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2008 at 1:00 pm in the Hendry County Courthouse Commission Chambers. NOTE: The July 21 date represents a CHANGE from the originally scheduled July 14. [Agenda] [Draft June Minutes] [Previous Meetings]

The BOCC enacted the recommendations to (1) withdraw the USDA grant application, (2) proceed with securing independent financing and (3) award a construction contract to Forsberg Construction, Inc. for the two Banyan projects (transmission line and distribution network). [Report] [PPT Slides] [PDF Slides]

During the June 07 meeting of PLUS Advisory Board, new proposed budget was introduced. Click on the link below to learn how budgets and completion rate of New Water Plant, Banyan Transmission Pipeline and Banyan Network develop. [Proposed Budget]

Moctar Siddo faithfully served as the PLUS engineer for two years and has now taken a new job. Moctar, originally from Niger and trained as an irrigation engineer at Utah State University, is now working for a private firm building large utility systems for African nations.

Come join us for the water plant and Banyan Village pipeline ribbon cutting ceremony to be held at the plant location on the corner of Cedarwood and Hwy 80 at 2pm on March 24. These projects mark the completion of the core Port LaBelle water supply system.

Rural Hendry County, which is pursuing growth plans that could allow its population to expand more than 2 1/2 times by 2030. The staff of the SFWMD says state planners should reject the proposal, mainly because the county hasn't shown where it would get enough water to support more than 60,000 additional residents. [More Information]

The PLUS Advisory Board will in March. This meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 10, 2008 at 1pm in the Hendry County Courthouse Commission Chambers. [Previous Meetings]

Port LaBelle Utility Advisory Board meeting is on Monday, March 10, 2008 at 1:00 pm. Among the items to be discussed are water consumption data, Banyan pipeline & network construction project, Ribbon Cutting ceremony, Hendry water service planning and many others.
[Meeting Agenda]

The PLUS Advisory Board will not meet in December. Its January meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 14, 2008 at 1pm in the Hendry County Courthouse Commission Chambers. [Previous Meetings]

The PLUS Advisory Board will not meet in October. Its November meeting is scheduled for Monday, Nov 5 at 1pm in the Hendry County Courthouse Commission Chambers.
[Previous Meetings]

Due to extreme water shortage, various restrictions shall apply when a Phase III shortage is declared by the SFWMD. Different restrictions apply to different areas of water usage, click the details and schedule links below to learn more. [Details] [Phase-III Schedule]

Hendry County Planner Vince Cautero invites organizations and individuals to participate in a community visioning meeting on Sep 25 at 10 am at Dallas Townsend Center. [Announcement] [Map]

The PLUS Advisory Board will not meet in August. Its September meeting has been rescheduled from Sep 10 to Monday, Sep 17 at 1pm in the Hendry County Courthouse Commission Chambers.
[Previous Meetings]

July Advisory Board meeting is scheduled to take place on Jul 30, 2007 at 13:00 in Hendry County Courthouse BOCC Chambers, LaBelle. For previous meetings details like Agenda, Meeting Minutes and other documents, click the link below. [Previous meetings]