Protect our water.

If re-elected, she will ... protect our water

Castor commits to protect water resources if re-elected.

Kathy Castor for Congress | Finding Solutions and Standing Up for You
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I will continue fighting to permanently ban drilling in the Eastern Gulf and protect our coastal way of life.

Castor recommits to fighting to permanently ban drilling in the Eastern Gulf and protect Florida’s coastal waters and way of life.

U.S. Rep. Castor Blasts Trump for Selling Out Florida Families to Big Oil, Again | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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“The Trump Administration is once again bending over backward for polluters at the expense of Florida’s families, our ocean wildlife, and the coastal economy that depends on clean water and healthy beaches.... I will continue fighting to permanently ban drilling in the Eastern Gulf and protect our coastal way of life.”

Castor publicly reiterated a concrete clean-water/coastal-protection agenda and opposition to offshore drilling that threatens water quality, but this is advocacy rather than completed policy delivery in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

U.S. Rep. Castor Blasts Trump for Selling Out Florida Families to Big Oil, Again | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Representatives... introduced critical bipartisan legislation, the Florida Coastal Protection Act, to permanently prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production off Florida’s coast. “Florida is a special but fragile place, and our way of life depends on clean water.”

This shows a serious legislative attempt to protect coastal waters, but the cited action predates the 30-day lookback window and does not itself establish delivery or enactment in the period under review.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Castor, Buchanan, Soto and Bilirakis Aim to Protect Florida’s Coasts from Offshore Drilling | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Fiscal Year 2026 project list includes “Ruskin Septic-to-Sewer Phase 1... providing more reliable residential wastewater service and improving water quality in Tampa Bay,” plus “MLK Street South Flooding Alleviation” and “88th Avenue North Storm Drainage Improvements” that would alleviate flooding and reduce risk to property damage.

Castor claims secured FY2026 funding for local water-quality and flood-mitigation projects, which is concrete constituency-level delivery in the broad policy area, though it is project funding rather than a standalone water-protection law or national policy win.

partial same_term A for effort

Castor Funded Projects | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Rep. Castor announced a $10,992,431 federal grant... The funding will support... repave 9,100 feet of existing taxiway and 8,300 feet of existing runway.

This is concrete federal funding delivered in the district, but it is not water-related and therefore only weakly relevant to the water-protection claim; it should not be treated as fulfillment of the promise.

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U.S. Rep. Castor Announces $10.9 Million Federal Grant for TPA Improvements | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Castor announced the introduction of a resolution in support of SOF Week 2026...

This is a separate recent legislative action and does not bear directly on the water-protection pledge; included only to confirm the member remained actively legislating in the lookback window.

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Rep. Castor Introduces Resolution Supporting SOF Week and Supporting U.S. Special Operations Forces | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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Castor's current community project funding requests include the Downtown Water Main Replacement project for the City of St. Petersburg, described as replacing aging water mains to prevent outages, damage, and service disruptions.

A concrete, current request tied directly to water infrastructure and service reliability. It shows continued effort in the water-protection space, but not completed delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Community Project Funding | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
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The same funding page also lists the Tampa Bay Water for South Hillsborough Wellfield Project, aimed at improving sustainable water supply capacity, protecting the aquifer, and strengthening drought and emergency resilience.

Another concrete water-related funding request on Castor's official site. It supports an ongoing effort to protect water resources, but it is still a request rather than an enacted outcome.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Community Project Funding | U.S. Representative Kathy Castor
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 82%