T. Barton (Bart) Weiss became the Administrator of the Hillsborough County Water Resource team in May of 2002.

A registered professional geologist with the state of Florida, he has more than 12 years of experience in the water resource industry. He comes to Hillsborough County from the Southwest Florida Water Management District where he was a senior project manager.

Throughout his career in water resource management, he has been involved in policy development, rulemaking, and project management including:

• Development of the Northern Tampa Bay Partnership Agreement
• Methodology and Policy development of the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s Minimum Flows and Levels Rules
• Development of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Demineralization Discharge Rules
• The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s expert on demineralization technologies:
  • Project management of the State’s first large scale Seawater Desalination facility
  • Management of brackish groundwater desalination research projects
• Management of several Aquifer Storage and Recovery projects
• Management of Northern Tampa Bay’s Lake Enhancement project.

His educational background includes a B. A. in History from Erskine College, a B. S. in Geology from Texas A & M Corpus Christi, and a Masters of Business Administration from Saint Leo University. He also has extensive professional technical training and masters course work in hydrogeology.

As a long-time resident of Hillsborough County with direct involvement in water resource issues, he is dedicated to protecting the county’s natural resources while striving to meet its residents’ water resource needs.

“The Water Resource Team will dedicate itself to insure that any water resource project that is built in or has a potential affect on the citizens or the natural resources of Hillsborough county will be designed and constructed in an environmentally safe and economically feasible manner,” said Weiss.