Bottled water pumped from Villages water table?
 

Today's Daily Sun (11/17) had a story page C6 about Azure Bottling company seeking permission to pump between 500,000 and 900,000 gallons of water a day from a site in Wildwood. I assume this would be the same water table that the Villages lies upon. Will this increase the likelihood of sinkholes around the Villages?

I often wonder why I have to conserve water when companies come in and pump all they want for free. Then put it in a bottle and ship it all over the US.
Could it be the appointees, by the governor, on these water boards don't have any kind of conservation background and are just political hacks?

You found the answer Bogie....I think you wern't supposed to tell..:clap2:

Before I moved to The Villages, people in neighboring communities were saying evil things about "us" Villagers for using so much water.

And then Niagara Bottling came in and "stole" thousands of gallons.

bogie: I thought that was Nestle's ????

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This isn't good news. Florida does not have an infinite water supply.

As far as our lifespan goes, it's pretty close to infinite.

I thought they paid the counties and state for the water they pull out of the aquifer.

Ahhh, ignorance is bliss, LOL.
Just busting your chops my friend, only joking...but seriously, do a little reading about florida's water tables. Especially near Orlando and Tampa.

I have always been told the southern parts of TV did not have as much water. It seems like we would not want someone to take the water for bottling. Maybe this is Wildwood's way of "sticking it" to TV.

I have always been told the southern parts of TV did not have as much water .(You should have asked that person how that would be possible.) It seems like we would not want someone to take the water for bottling. Maybe this is Wildwood's way of "sticking it" to TV. (Why would Wildwood want to "stick" TV?)

Water pumped out is part of the Floridan Aquifer which is a deep source of pure water that needs conserved