It really is sad, this thread questions if it is OK to use a few gallons of water to wash your car when the Southwest Florida Water Management District is looking at a company that wants to pump 500,000+gallons per day from the aquifer.
It most likely will be a done deal. Then when the first drought hits that same group will tell us to water our lawns only once per week.
Its a good deal for the water bottlers, they get free water to sell all over the country.
Here is a thread with more information.
Proposed water pumping from local springs