Irrigating Our Lawns
 

Is there still a water band? If so why? Looks to me like if villagers would all water there lawns. The flooded areas would recede?

??? Turning on my irrigation would just up my water bill.

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The OP asked a simple question. The answer is yes, there still is a ban. That might change but as of today, yes.

It's nice to see someone be kind and just answer the question.

Yes. It does happen on occasion. :)

By keeping this surcharge in place the water district has caused the flooding problem to be worse than necessary. They have created an environment that has increased the damages in TV by 100's of thousands of $$$$$. From about a month before Irma and to the current day there is NO irrigation water issue. If they were to argue there still is than a ban on new construction should be put in place immediately.

The ban and continued building should not go hand in hand. Either the water district is using the surcharge as a revenue rape of all of us, or the shortage is real and TV should stop building.

You can't have it both ways.

:wave:Is there still a water band? YES If so why? WE DON'T GET A SAY Looks to me like if villagers would all water there lawns. The flooded areas would recede? NO.... THAT'S NOT WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM

OK, I'll bite. Please explain your reasoning for such a statement.

:ohdear: Don't you find it amazing?

I have used my irrigation system twice since the water ban. Why? Because it rains nearly every day and I don't need too.

Bingo! I turned my off on June 1 and haven't turned in back on since.

Because folks were not watering as much as usual because of the surcharge and ban, therefor the retention ponds were much higher than usual before Irma, which is where the irrigation water comes from, than with Irma the ponds overflowed and caused a lot of flooding and damage.

And for those that turned off the irrigation when the ban was put in place, I guess you don't care should you lose your lawn. Only costs about $20 grand to replace it. Yes we had a lot of rain and that may have prevented lawn damage, but suppose you were on vacation and it didn't rain?

Not trying to be smart... I didn't know if there is still a ban, but regardless, the statement the OP says doesn't make any sense. Running my irrigation would have absolutely no affect on the pond levels.

Where does the water come from?

CWguy is correct on both counts there is still a ban and our sprinkler water does not come out of the retention ponds so would not help with flooding.

They are running the golf course and common area sprinklers to lower the ponds because the water from those areas does come from the retention ponds.

OK, lets take this step by step. You are only suppose to water twice per week so the ban would cut you down to once per week. Since many homes have rain sensors, the actual amount of watering would have been reduced. June was well above normal for precip, July as a bit below normal, and August was above normal. North of 466, the irrigation water does not come from the retention ponds. South of 466 the residential irrigation water does come from retention ponds and other sources. Without some real data, it is pure speculation that the reduction in watering from 2 days to 1 day resulted in the "retention ponds being much higher that usual". I live on a retention pond and it was about normal when compared to previous summers. The reason the retention ponds overflowed (mine didn't, by the way, but it was up by 4 feet) was we got 12" of rain in a very short period of time.

I was not concerned about "losing my yard". I have lived in the southeast for over 20 years and have always turned off my irrigation system in the summer. It rains a lot in the summer.

Who regulates this water district ? Don't we have a Florida legislator that can look into this very real 10% surcharge based on a very bogus drought these past few months.




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It's just the posters opinion.....as most posts are.

Water board members are appointed by the governor. Most have no knowledge or background in water management.

So, doesn't the governor have people that oversee what these board members do ?


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Google is your answer.

Now I'm confused. Doesn't the water for the irrigation systems come from the retention ponds? Isn't that the reason for the common areas irrigation systems on now during the day, every day? Isn't this the goal to empty the retention ponds and therefore alleviate the flooding we still have?

The confusion comes in because in different parts of the Villages, the irrigation water comes from different sources. Where I live South of 466 it comes from the retention ponds and other non-potable water sources. Watering our lawns would help lower the level of the flooding in over 65% of the Villages, 466 and South. But we don't because of the ban and the surcharge. It just seems such a dumb way to manage a problem. But that seems to be the way appointed positions manage because they are really not qualified.

I'm doing my part. Even though we had an incredible amount of rain, the sun will dry these sandy soils out quickly.