We have been in a rain deficit for a couple of years, maybe more. Just look at many of the retention ponds. They have averaged a very low level consistently the past few years. Anyone check out Paradise Lake? It's already a pasture once covered by water earlier than last summer. Yet, when we do have bouts of heavy rain and the ponds get filled the irrigation systems run day and night as "flood control" pouring water into poor drainage areas instead of saving it for times of drought. I received some flack a while back for criticizing the "flood control" policy. I was informed that we have one of the most advanced irrigation system here. If we do then those who oversee it need to re-think some of the automatic discharges in time of heavy rains. Adding water to already standing, stagnant water on fairways reeks of stupidity and invites damage to turf.
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