The federal judge who oversaw the Tampa Bay Water v. HDR Engineering trial has rejected the utility’s motion for a new trial. In a ruling issued Aug. 3, Judge James D. Whittemore rejected TBW’s法律论点对于一项新的审判，他断言他是通过拒绝原始审判中的主要证据和调查措施而犯了错误的。尽管采取了裁决，但区域水管理局仍计划提出上诉。
In April, after a nearly month-long trial, a jury took just under four hours to decide thatHDR’s design was not responsiblefor the severe cracking occurring at the utility’s 15.5-billion-gallon reservoir in Lithia, Fla. And in hislatest ruling，法官强烈建议陪审团正确。
惠特莫尔（Whittemore）写道：“经过仔细检查，TBW的争议与陪审团的事实确定无关，这显然得出结论，TBW没有承担其证明负担，这是毫不奇怪的结论，考虑到HDR的证据和TBW证据的弱点。”
法官说，判决“得到证据得到很好的支持”，并补充说，该公用事业的案件“几乎每一轮都显示出虚弱的迹象”。惠特莫尔（Whittemore）得出结论：“ TBW尚未显示出任何错误，更少的错误对判决产生了重大影响。”
在审判中，该公用事业公司已要求陪审团缴纳7325万美元的损害赔偿，可追溯到2005年。HDR官员估计，该金额的利息将导致最终总计近1.4亿美元。在决定赞成HDR的情况下，陪审团裁定HDR对任何损失不承担任何责任。
2011年9月，坦帕湾水（Tampa Bay Water）宣布已接受了3000万美元的调解员与HDR的定居点。但是公用事业的律师指出，投票是无效的，一个月后，TBW董事会一致拒绝了解决方案。
After the victory in court, HDR filed for compensation of $20 million in legal fees. At the time, Tampa Bay Water reported its own legal expenses tallied approximately $10.6 million.
公用事业公司和工程师都证实，ENR他们各自的代表将于8月10日与调解员会面，讨论法律费新利18备用用。但是HDR官员对TBW愿意做出决议并不乐观。
HDR执行副总裁蒂莫西·康诺利（Timothy C新利18备用onnolly）在给ENR的一封电子邮件声明中说：“尽管陪审团的迅速决定和法官的强烈意见，我们完全希望TBW将继续以昂贵的纳税人资助的上诉和诉讼。”
在向坦帕湾水务委员会的备忘录中，惠特莫尔法官拒绝了一项新审判，总经理杰拉尔德·塞伯（Gerald Seeber）重申了继续上诉的意图。
“While that decision was not unexpected, this is just the first step in the post-trial process,” Seeber stated. “Based on your unanimous authorization at the June board meeting, Tampa Bay Water is moving forward with its appeal of the recent reservoir trial verdict. We will ask the appellate court to review the trial; we trust that the appellate justices will see that several significant legal errors were made at trial, including the exclusion of key evidence and witnesses, and grant our request for a new trial.”
