[ScottGo]

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

[Charles K]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

It's done in order to lower the level in retention ponds so that the ponds have space to receive the heavy rains without causing flooding.

[Risuli]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

Lowering the level of the retention ponds in advance?

[biggamefish1]

This is part of the water management program here in TV. When we have too much rain, this is how they lower the water levels in our retention basins to keep from flooding.

[MrFlorida]

Must be new here, whenever a storm comes, they lower the ponds, and remove the gates.

[mikemalloy]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

Some of the water from the sprinklers evaporates immediately in the air. Some after it is on the ground. It's preferable to the ponds overflowing and flooding homes.

[kansasr]

This site really needs some sort of automatic response to these frequently asked questions by newcomers.

[Bogie Shooter]

It’s called search.

[ScottGo]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

Thanks. Not to new 3 yrs, never really noticed it before. Got drenched a couple of times oncoming carts.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

Thanks. Not to new 3 yrs, never really noticed it before. Got drenched a couple of times oncoming carts.

They are running much more than I've seen in 5 yrs south of 44. The retention ponds are also higher.

Kudo's to the Villages storm water management team for being proactive 2 days before the official warnings materialized.

https://www.districtgov.org/PdfUpload/Storm%20Water.pdf

[Teed_Off]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

Homeowners might consider running their irrigation system too. My designer home system uses 900 - 1,000 gallons when I water the lawn, costs less than $3.

[Rwirish]

How many times is this explained?

[jsa]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

It’s called search.

As a "newcomer" here let me just say: the search function on this site sucks.

[Lyarham]

Originally Posted by ScottGo

I just took my cart from Fenney to Brownwood farmers mkt. Why are the sprinklers going 9 a.m.? There are major rains coming, isn't the ground wet enough already?

Running sprinklers to lower lake levels

[rsmurano]

What the villages should do is to tell the people in each district to run their sprinklers on a specific day and there will be no cost of doing this. The system knows how much water you use to water your lawn every day so it would be easy for them to credit you for 1 day. The major benefits would be: people’s lawns might look better, and that would draw down the water more than having TV water specific areas for 6 hours a day