Water Restriction rules spelled out.

[alemorkam]

According to this posted on the District Gov Website Residential Customers in The Villages DO NOT receive reclaimed water.

Here are the rules for the water restrictions

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[rubicon]

Water restriction rules seem not to apply to water bottling companies. Nor does it curtail the continual expansion of this development. Nor will this utility company reimburse you when your lawn dies because you followed their rules and let it die of dehydration.

What they will do is send you a seemingly nice notice that you are using too much water. However the notice is really a clever way of the utility saying "we told you so" and now we have to raise the rates again...when in actuality their Board decided that ages ago

Residents pay as much for water as they do other utilities and this is the first place I have ever lived where that was the case. ( I wonder if bottling companies are subjected to a three tier rating system plus base fees?) Hmmm

By the way one of their employees told me long ago that there is more water under the ground here than in the Great Lakes..it is the employee said "all politics"

Now I anticipate some residents will mock me but it doesn't make what I have said any less factual.

You may also have noticed the narrative in The Villages is closely controlled. Its their story, their truth and so it has to be yours and hence mine is wrong

[CFrance]

According to this posted on the District Gov Website Residential Customers in The Villages DO NOT receive reclaimed water.

Here are the rules for the water restrictions

click on photo to enlarge.
Can you please give a link to that? I can't get it large enough to read.

[Bogie Shooter]

Can you please give a link to that? I can't get it large enough to read.

http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Fact-Sheet-Shortage-Order-2017.pdf

[CFrance]

http://www.thevillageswaterwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Fact-Sheet-Shortage-Order-2017.pdf
Thanks.

[Polar Bear]

...one of their employees told me long ago...

Now I anticipate some residents will mock me but it doesn't make what I have said any less factual...
Heheh. Not mocking at all, rubicon. But I will admit I got a kick out of this. :)

[graciegirl]

According to this posted on the District Gov Website Residential Customers in The Villages DO NOT receive reclaimed water.

Here are the rules for the water restrictions

click on photo to enlarge.

The homes NORTH of 466 do not use reclaimed water for irrigation of yards.

The homes SOUTH of 466 DO use waters from the ponds in the area for irrigation.

The developers kept getting wiser as they went along.

Just to clarify.

Not to challenge.

[Arctic Fox]

I have asked them what snowbirds are supposed to do if they left the sprinklers set for twice a week watering, but have yet to receive a reply.

I am assuming they will volunteer to pay for the return trip to make the required adjustment.

[Dan9871]

The homes SOUTH of 466 DO use waters from the ponds in the area for irrigation.



South of 466 homes use water from retention ponds but not exclusively. From Village Community Development Districts (http://www.districtgov.org/departments/Utilities/irrigation.aspx)

South of CR 466, homes are irrigated with non-potable water which is comprised of storm water runoff that is collected in water retention areas and groundwater from the lower Floridan aquifer when storm water supplies are not available.

[n8xwb]

And let me guess....on page 2, water bottling companies are not addressed.....

Oh, we can take a shower once a week, only if needed......

[graciegirl]

South of 466 homes use water from retention ponds but not exclusively. From Village Community Development Districts (http://www.districtgov.org/departments/Utilities/irrigation.aspx)

South of CR 466, homes are irrigated with non-potable water which is comprised of storm water runoff that is collected in water retention areas and groundwater from the lower Floridan aquifer when storm water supplies are not available.

The drought has not been this extreme in the ten years we have known and loved The Villages. Nature will recover.

[427dave]

And let me guess....on page 2, water bottling companies are not addressed.....

Oh, we can take a shower once a week, only if needed......

Can we wash our hair at the same time? Actually I think hair washing is only allowed now once a month.

"Real Cowboys Do Not Bathe"

[retiredguy123]

So, if my watering day is Monday, does that mean that I can water from midnight on Sunday until 8 AM Monday, and then again from 6 PM Monday until midnight on Monday?

[Polar Bear]

So, if my watering day is Monday, does that mean that I can water from midnight on Sunday until 8 AM Monday, and then again from 6 PM Monday until midnight on Monday?
I believe that's true. Your day would be Monday. They just don't want you watering during the day.

[retiredguy123]

And let me guess....on page 2, water bottling companies are not addressed.....

Oh, we can take a shower once a week, only if needed......
No wonder we have a water shortage. People are showering every week?

[rubicon]

Heheh. Not mocking at all, rubicon. But I will admit I got a kick out of this. :)

Polar bear: i accept what the water utility is and what it does, and what it will do in the future; especially since there is no one who residents can send their complaints. I just hate the hypocrisy of it all

Personal Best Regards:

[mulligan]

Methinks a petition to the 3 county commissions for a building moratorium would be appropriate. No new water hookups while we are restricted on lawn watering. No new golf course construction until we have recovered.

[retiredguy123]

I question why any of this is needed. What is really going to happen if we water the lawn two days a week? Is it about money or power or are people going to die of thirst? There are lots of places in the country and around the world that have far less rain than here and have more people. And, isn't all water "reclaimed"?

[Viperguy]

Just have to wonder how one gets on to the Water Districts "Governing Board"?

[justjim]

I have asked them what snowbirds are supposed to do if they left the sprinklers set for twice a week watering, but have yet to receive a reply.

I am assuming they will volunteer to pay for the return trip to make the required adjustment.

Part of the answer is house watch. Many snowbirds/Snowflakes hire a house watch company and some will adjust your irrigation system for you.

[Warren Kiefer]

I just read on the Villages News that population growth poses the greatest threat to our water supply in Central Florida.

So I now ask the same question that I asked several months ago. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD OUR WATER DISTRICT OFFICALS AND COUNTY COMMISIONERS ALLOW A PRIVATE COMPANY TO HAVE VIRTUALLY FREE ACCESS TO OUR WATER COMING FROM OUR SUMTER NATURAL SPRINGS AND SELL IT ????

[Arctic Fox]

Part of the answer is house watch. Many snowbirds/Snowflakes hire a house watch company and some will adjust your irrigation system for you.

I have asked them what snowbirds are supposed to do if they left the sprinklers set for twice a week watering.

Their official answer is: "As with any problem that might develop with a property while an owner is away, it is important to have a neighbor, friend or “lawn guy” who can check on the property and address the problem", although I don't agree that their changing the rules is strictly a "problem" which I should have foreseen.

[Toymeister]

Their official answer is: "As with any problem that might develop with a property while an owner is away, it is important to have a neighbor, friend or “lawn guy” who can check on the property and address the problem", although I don't agree that their changing the rules is strictly a "problem" which I should have foreseen.

Why not? Don't you change times seasonally? That's not an attack, it does happen every year. You do know there are long distance ways to control irrigation. Rachio, from amazon, 199.00. I am long distance and I aleady changed my time. Rachio saves water for the seaonal adjustments. After three years it pays for itself in water savings. It connects to the local weather station and adjust watering based upon what has happened and what will happen. You adjust for type of sprinkler head (if you want) type of soil, slope, even depth of roots. It calculates evaporation rates. Your Hunter controller can't do that, it actually works vice that funky solar thing that homes come with (south of 466a). The fire station in Brownwood is the weather station.

[edmarycoleman]

While I have read the "water restrictions" I have not yet read or been advised of any penalty for not adhering to these restrictions. Are there monetary penalties, fines, jail time, etc?

[njbchbum]

While I have read the "water restrictions" I have not yet read or been advised of any penalty for not adhering to these restrictions. Are there monetary penalties, fines, jail time, etc?

10% surcharge from 6/5 to 8/5 I believe!