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Old 04-05-2012, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by happy employee View Post
As long as Florida has a number of 1st magnitude springs gushing out millions of gallons of water straight to the rivers and oceans, I find it hard to believe the aquifer is running dry. When the pressure in the aquifer decreases enough to diminish the flows in the springs, THEN I'll be worried about water in Florida. Compared to most other states, Florida has an abundance of water...and there's always the oceans (desalination)
Then why the Water restrictions? I'm confused-

It seems like we should have natural plants that could survive without water and lawns removed and decorative rocks and landscape.

Yes- No?