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Originally Posted by twoplanekid

I read in the paper the other day that we are not to worry as a water bottling company hasn’t started bottling their allocation of water. And, they will be assessed a 10% surcharge like everyone else to make them conserve water. The paper also stated that we should have no worries about water as we have a good supply of it.

Did the article say to what water authority the water extractor will pay the surcharge? Do you know if the extraction point in within the boundary of any Villages water utility?

I believe that the SWFWMD had declared the water emergency but was not assessing the surcharge; but, that the surcharge was imposed by the Villages water utilities.

Whatever the paper - something sounds quite deceptive!