Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Pretty typical. A "shortage" is declared and customers/users are requested/required to reduce consumption - which they do. Then, a surcharge is introduced because revenue diminishes. Duh!
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you are right they have a monopoly on water which is a natural resource belonging to us all. they should be reimbursed fairly or keeping water pure and getting to our faucets . How they can reconcile allowing two water bottling companies open access to our water supply continue to rapidly expand and yet have the audacity to demand residents conserve is beyond me. and who foots the bill we do with a three tier rating system along with continuing base charges what a racket |
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My billing period ended 6/13. I shut my sprinklers off 6/1. Two weeks without running my sprinklers should have shown a more significant decrease.
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I should get my new bill soon will check and report.
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I believe that the SWFWMD had declared the water emergency but was not assessing the surcharge; but, that the surcharge was imposed by the Villages water utilities. Whatever the paper - something sounds quite deceptive!
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I was under the impression that the water we use on our lawns goes straight into the ground and then is recycled back for use on lawns again.
Although we don't get as much rain as Orlando, Ocala or other parts of Central Florida, much of the water in our immediate area no doubt works its way into our aquifer. Makes me wonder if w we have a Tropical Storm or worse yet a hurricane come along and dump tons of water on us if they will still maintain the water restrictions? |
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Several people spoke and said things like they can't take our water. The government people politely said we need to get our own expert. Far as I know nothing was done but to complain. Far a rain replenishing the aquifer-it is not at all that simple. The water is between grains of sand. When you remove the water the space between the grains of sand gets smaller so it simply cannot hold as much water as it used to. We have all seen the result of water removal-SINK HOLES. As to how much water we can extract. Like most things there is no magic line. Oh, far as the rainy season, we've already received enough rain above normal, to more than make up for the mini dry spell in the early part of the year. TRUTH-Over the past two months I've run my irrigation system ONCE in the past two months. The reason was that the guy that mows my lawn had an emergency and did not mow for two weeks. Then he cut it back to normal height-A MISTAKE. I confess I watered because I did not want my lawn to go into shock. |
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We are at about 60% of normal rainfall for the last 12 months to date. From the 2nd week of October 2016 to June 1 2017, it was very dry. June was a good month at over 9 inches but July is looking to be below normal. I am not surprised that the watering restriction has been extended.
Last edited by tuccillo; 07-28-2017 at 11:02 PM. |
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The surcharge for the most part seems to be working but there are those who still don't care. They water in the daytime, when it's raining, several days a week or haven't had their system looked at in ages and more water runs down the street then goes on the lawn. IF you've dropped down to once a week and adjusted your time the water portion of your bill certainly went down. My consumption last month was 1000 gallons down from 11,000 gals the previous month and my lawn looks fine.
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If we are really having a water crisis to the point of adding a surcharge to existing homes, why would they approve another 20,000 plus homes drawing from the same water table?
This is nothing more than a money grab. And we as voters allow it. Vote for candidates who will either remove the surcharge or stop allowing additional homes built and not vote to allow bottling plants. One or those or all of those has to be wrong.
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Just for a moment, if you cut back as was suggested ( a lot have not cut back ) your lawn is surviving and your paying less. So is that such a bad thing? Basically if you followed the suggestions and cut back and your lawn is just as green you saved water and money at the same time. If you kept everything like it was your paying more because of the surcharge. Surcharge was imposed to encourage people to cut back on wasteful usage and if you didn't you paid more. As far as other homes being built it will continue, the bottling plant it was reported on another post it's not pumping yet.
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Operative word being YET. Because it will and when they do it will make the problem worse. And I did cut back and had the system completely gone over to resolve any problems. Doesn't change the fact that building more homes and adding the water plant will do nothing but make the issue worse. Waiting until you can't water and lose $30,000 worth of sod is just not smart.
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Marion and Lake county get water from the same aquifer but are in another water district (St. Johns) with different rules and regulations. Sooooo it depends on where you live in The Villages how many times a week you can water your lawn. Since water is coming from the same aquifer, these restrictions make no sense unless they apply to every residence in all three counties.
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