Water shortage
 

Copied from the other place:
"Villagers are being asked to cut back on water usage as the aquifer level is down from one year ago.

The Southwest Florida Water Management District has declared a Modified Phase In Water Shortage. It will be in effect through July 1.

In Sumter County, even numbered addresses can water before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. on Thursday and/or before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. on Sundays. Odd-numbered addresses can water before 10 a.m. on Wednesdays and/or before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Saturdays."


Homes north of 466 are the only homes (that I know of) that use potable water for irrigation. That being the case, why would it matter if the homes that used reclaimed water need to cut back? Is there some other use for reclaimed water, or is there a danger of running out of it?

Because"………homes don’t use reclaimed water.
Village Community Development Districts

Home Irrigation:

North of CR 466, homes are irrigated with potable water.
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.

Golf Course Irrigation:

North of CR 466, golf courses are irrigated with a combination of reclaimed wastewater, storm water runoff that is collected in water retention areas, and groundwater (some upper Floridan and some Lower Floridan, depending on the specific course).
South of CR 466 all golf courses are irrigated with a combination of reclaimed wastewater and lower Floridan groundwater.

Please note that any reclaimed wastewater that is used for golf course irrigation is treated and meets the public access reuse standards established and required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

No problem, the water level in the aquifer can easily be replenished by building a crap load of more houses and a whole bunch more of the necessary commercial development to support the growth.

Don’t forget the bottle water factory that pumps thousands gallons a day that was approved 3 or 4 years ago?

Sounds like it is an issue in Sumter County only?

No, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFMD) covers several counties including Sumter and Lake.

Marion county is part of the St John's River Water Management District. That district has also established restrictions on irrigation.

If water usage is a concern now, what will it be like in 25 years when the area (Villages and non-Villages) has grown by another 50-100,000 people?

Up north we have water restrictions, yet they continue to build new subdivisions.

Most on this site won’t need to worry 25 years from now. But their heirs will be far more capable of coming up with solutions for improving quality of many things

Some of that is covered in the SWFWMD Water Restrictions FAQ.

My cynical interpretation: by imposing restrictions on current users, the numbers can be manipulated to show there is no need to limit lucrative new developments. And besides that, any issues arising 25 years from now will be someone else's problem.

Maybe their heirs (and ours) will be smart enough to realize that we don't need our lawns to look like a fairway at Augusta National.

How does regulating WHEN we water reduce how much we use?
And, what is the benefit of having half of the homes all using water at the same time, four times a week?

lol
They could allow more homes to have desert lawns like Arizona does.

As Artie Johnson used to say "Verrrry Interesting" In meantime, TV does not like zeriscaping and/or fake grass.

The underground aquifers don’t necessarily follow County lines.

Up north I have Kentucky Blue Grass, that looks and feels like velvet. Florida has weeds that in disguise as grass. No amount of water can make you want to walk on it.