There are 1,854 miles of sewer pipe in the City's wastewater system.

The sewer system serves 520,196 people.

The average person in Tampa uses 115 gallons of water per day.

The City's Sensible Sprinkling program, which evaluates a homeowner's sprinkling system to optimize landscape water use, has saved homeowners an average of 21% of their total water use.

The Recreation Department's adult softball program consists of 1,400 teams with 21,000 participants.

The Seminole Gymnastics and Dance Program currently has over 1,100 children registered for classes.

The Recreation Department provides Special Programming for senior citizens with an annual attendance of 46,000.

About 40% of a household's water use is in the bathroom.

The City reads over 750,000 water meters each year.

City garbage trucks drive over 982,000 miles annually.

The average household in Tampa produces 1.44 tons of solid waste annually.

Public Works spends over $1,200,000 annually on sidewalk expansion and replacement.

The City's 27,635 streetlights cost over $3 million to operate.

The Parks Department utilizes nearly 90,000 Community Service hours annually to assist its 305 employees.

"Lightning", the art sculpture outside the Ice Palace, at 75 feet, is the tallest sculpture in the State of Florida.

The City has its own website at: http://www.ci.tampa.fl.us.

Next year the NEAT Program will remove 3,900 signs from rights-of-way, remove 4,900 tons of litter, and clean 462 miles of streets.

Between 1995 and 1996 violent crime within the City of Tampa decreased 11.7% .

Over 700 Police Officers and administrative personnel will move into their new downtown headquarters building in October, 1997.

Using Community Investment Tax funds, the Police Vehicle Take Home Policy will be completed over the next 18 months.

Inspectional Services personnel drive over 440,000 miles investigating almost 4,000 code violation complaints and performing nearly 120,000 inspections annually.

The Driving Under the Influence (DUI) squad made 1,324 arrests in 1996 with a 97% conviction rate. Alcohol related traffic fatalities dropped from 47% to 23% between 1995 and 1996.

A Federal Police hiring grant enabled us to put 2 Police Officers in all 20 Fire Stations throughout the City.

The new Sulphur Springs pool and recreation area is planned to open by the end of calendar year 1998.

The Tampa Convention Center was host to 417,239 visitors this past year.

The Parks Department responded to over 5,000 tree trimming calls.

Tampa Police Department handled 690,010 calls in 1996 and estimate they will handle 762,000 in 1997.

Tampa Fire Rescue maintains an average response time of 4.9 minutes for fire alarm calls and 6.5 minutes for EMS calls.

Your property tax rate has not changed... you will pay the same amount as 1996 (unless your property value has increased).

The current population of the City of Tampa is 289,337, it has increased only by 9,422 since 1970.

There are 299,700 people working in the entire City; 167,233 of those live in the County.

You can call Mayor Greco at 274-8328 on his show, "The Mayor's Hour," which is a live, call - in show the second Monday of every month.