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The project now underway in Hillsborough County is looking to improve the quality of the underground water supply and reduce algae blooms from too many nutrients.

The chair of the Senate Agriculture, Environment and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee said a “big focus” will be getting homes and businesses off septic systems.

Lawmakers are pushing forward with plans to continue carving up millions of dollars voters more than four years ago directed to be spent on land and...