I see Still planting those water lillies in the roundabouts? Thought under water restrictions and drought they wasn't supposed to pull up pretty mature flowers, due to the fact newly planted takes three times the water (I'm guessing) to keep them alive.

Smells like it's coming off the bottom of the pond to me?

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This water restriction, isn't there between 30 to 50 thousand people away from May thru October not using their portable water, think of that too.

I'm glad that I took the opportunity to read all of the posts in this thread, as I have to admit that the title of the thread didn't interest me at first given that I thought it would be advocating yet more drinking establishments...extending their happy hours. :D

Yeah! What about them! Wait a second...I'm one of those guys....I'm up here and the sprinkler control panel is down there so I should....hmmmm...

Just ask your neighbors to help. I've already been contacted by one.


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Can anyone tell me how to find out whether I have "reuse" water or not. My homewatch people want to reset my irrigation timer and asked about this. Thanks!

Where do you live? Which village?

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Doesn't matter where you live, it effects everyone. I guess there is a difference between reclaimed and non-potable irrigation water. I thought that was also reclaimed water??? They also said if you use are in an area that uses non-potable irrigation water and the levels get too low, they tap into the aquifer. That is how it's justified.

From SWFWMD Declares Ph 3 Water Shortage Order

Residential and general commercial customers in The Villages do not receive reclaimed water. Non-potable irrigation water is not exempt from the restrictions, therefore the restrictions are applicable to The Villages in:
• Sumter County, Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12
• Marion County, District 4
• Lake County, District 11

Thanks!

We live in Silver Lake.

I do not think that part of the villages has any restrictions. I could be wrong, thought I was once.

As I walked our neighborhood today I saw far too many wet streets. Please adjust your irrigation to water your yard and not the street.

Silver Lake uses only regular water for everything, no reclaimed water of any type and not in a district with restrictions.


If you happen to be jogging early morning and get thirsty just drink from any sprinkler.

Pitbull eats water jet sprinkler - YouTube

Depends on what area of The Villages you live in. Unless it's done by GPS coordinates, it won't be all that accurate now that The Villages has gotten so large. Last year, the Southern part often got nothing while it rained in Spanish Springs, Lake Sumter and other areas.

You should pay to have a Rachio controller installed (Amazon 199.00) so you can control your water from "up there". Look it up, the technology available to solve your problem is great!

From SWFWMD:

SNOWBIRDS: Properties must follow the new restrictions even if they are not currently occupied. Seasonal residents should have someone local (neighbor, family, lawn service, etc.) that they can trust to take care of any problems that arise, including but not limited to adjusting an irrigation controller when water restrictions change.



TIME: All “wasteful and unnecessary” water use is also prohibited. Just because you have two "windows" of time in which to do necessary irrigation, this does not mean you need to use the whole time. You may only accomplish one complete irrigation sometime during your allowable times. For a lawn, one complete irrigation is 7/10-3/4 inch of water for a lawn when watering once per week, and the amount of time to accomplish that depends on a number of factors. A general "rule of thumb" is to run spray zones for 15-20 minutes, run rotor zones for 30-45 minutes, and run an oscillating (hose-end) sprinkler for 45-60 minutes. To verify the amount of time a particular area needs, do the following: measure the water the water that falls into at least 6 straight-edge cans when you water for a known amount of time, calculate the average amount of water that is caught in those cans, and then "do the math" to determine if you need to add or subtract run time. For example, if watering for 10 minutes results in 1/2 inch of water, add 5 minutes of run time to get 3/4 inch.

Hopefully the rains will come and we won't have to be concerned about all of this.

Awesome, thanks :)

I just checked with The Villages Utility Customer Service and was advised that both our Potable and Non-Potable water is subject to the one day a week watering restriction. We use Recycled water, not Reclaimed water according to the representative I spoke to. She also pointed out that the 10% surcharge will only apply to the Water USE, not the Water BASE and the Irrigation USE, not the Irrigation BASE charges.