[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by biker1

Lot of speculation there. Basically, all we know is starting June 5 you can only water 1 day per week. I would not speculate that it doesn't apply to those areas of The Villages where recycled water is being used because we don't know if the local government has mandated, or not, that you can only water one day per week with recycled water.

Hold on. I'm not speculating, and that is not all we know. The source for the water restriction story is the Southwest Florida Water Management District that spells out the restriction rules on their website. They clearly say that restrictions on the use of reclaimed water is voluntary. If anyone has any other information, please share it. But, so far, we have no information from any local government that has changed the restriction rules laid out by the management district.

[biker1]

You posted that the water restriction doesn't apply to those who have reclaimed water for irrigation. This may not be true based on the language I previously posted that clearly states that the government or utility may restrict this. Before posting such a speculation, you might want to find out the whole story since you don't know. What we do know is that a one day a week water limitation is in effect starting June 5 and there was no statement in the paper about it being voluntary.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Hold on. I'm not speculating, and that is not all we know. The source for the water restriction story is the Southwest Florida Water Management District that spells out the restriction rules on their website. They clearly say that restrictions on the use of reclaimed water is voluntary. If anyone has any other information, please share it. But, so far, we have no information from any local government that has changed the restriction rules laid out by the management district.

[retiredguy123]

I really don't understand what you are saying. The article in the paper was very short and left out a large part of the management district rules, which was the entire source for the newspaper article. I was just filling in the details because the article was misleading by leaving out the part of the rules that exempted reclaimed water. I think this is useful information because many people in The Villages are exempt from the watering restrictions because they use reclaimed water for their irrigation. Don't you agree that telling people that they are exempt from the restriction is helpful information? The only reason this subject came up was because the management district set some rules for water restrictions, but their rules exempted reclaimed water, a fact that was omitted from the newspaper article. I didn't speculate on anything. I just presented information that was stated in the management district rules that were not stated in the newspaper article. These are facts, not speculations.

[biker1]

The language is pretty clear. Posted again below:

Reclaimed Water
Reclaimed water remains subject to voluntary watering hours, unless blended with another water source or restricted by the local government or utility.

You don't know whether the local government or utility has restricted the usage of reclaimed water. If they have then the watering restriction is 1 day and is not voluntary. Until that is determined, you cannot say that 1 day per week is voluntary for those on reclaimed water.

You can continue to try to argue against this but the language is clear and we don't know whether the government or utility has issued such a restriction.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I really don't understand what you are saying. The article in the paper was very short and left out a large part of the management district rules, which was the entire source for the newspaper article. I was just filling in the details because the article was misleading by leaving out the part of the rules that exempted reclaimed water. I think this is useful information because many people in The Villages are exempt from the watering restrictions because they use reclaimed water for their irrigation. Don't you agree that telling people that they are exempt from the restriction is helpful information? The only reason this subject came up was because the management district set some rules for water restrictions, but their rules exempted reclaimed water, a fact that was omitted from the newspaper article. I didn't speculate on anything. I just presented information that was stated in the management district rules that were not stated in the newspaper article. These are facts, not speculations.

[retiredguy123]

So, until a local government or utility tells you otherwise, you can use as much reclaimed water as you like.

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

So, until a local government or utility tells you otherwise, you can use as much reclaimed water as you like.

I just received my bill and I am out of state. There is technology to know This (zip code). This was an opportunity for The Villages to tell me if my reclaimed water would be restricted and...

Nothing, not a word. If The utility choses to restrict watering, tell me. It is simple business, if you expect results inform people.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

I just received my bill and I am out of state. There is technology to know This (zip code). This was an opportunity for The Villages to tell me if my reclaimed water would be restricted and...

Nothing, not a word. If The utility choses to restrict watering, tell me. It is simple business, if you expect results inform people.

You are correct. I have done some research, and, as far as I know, there are no restrictions on the usage of reclaimed water.

[biker1]

Copied from another post on ToTV this morning. You can only irrigate one day per week.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...r-shortage-jpg

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

You are correct. I have done some research, and, as far as I know, there are no restrictions on the usage of reclaimed water.

[JoMar]

I don't look at TOTV or the Daily Sun as official and final notification. If they want me to to change usage they will send me something in the mail. Lots of people that live here don't get the Sun and a small minoriy are on TOTV. (not sure how you would have a large minority.....hmmmm)

[GypsyBuddy]

The newspaper ran a correction of the 8PM to 8AM the next day. It was a typo.

[RIpswich]

Originally Posted by skip0358

The water being sold is drinking water. Your irrigation water is reclaimed. No rain no water.

Perhaps the reason that we have not received a notice restricting our water usage is because our irrigation water is reclaimed from our septic treatment system !

The general notice states: "Reclaimed Water
Reclaimed water remains subject to voluntary watering hours, unless blended with another water source or restricted by the local government or utility."

Since we irrigate with reclaimed water we don't fall under the once a week restriction and should continue under The Villages twice a week program.

[joedi]

When Sumter County stops selling our water, then I will stop watering my lawn. If everyone would do this maybe it would be reversed this rule or stop them from selling the water.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by RIpswich

Perhaps the reason that we have not received a notice restricting our water usage is because our irrigation water is reclaimed from our septic treatment system !

The general notice states: "Reclaimed Water
Reclaimed water remains subject to voluntary watering hours, unless blended with another water source or restricted by the local government or utility."

Since we irrigate with reclaimed water we don't fall under the once a week restriction and should continue under The Villages twice a week program.

It isn't reclaimed from the SEPTIC SYSTEM.

It smells bad some times because it is incubating smelly little microorganisms when it lies quietly in the pipes where it is dark and warm.

Our reclaimed water in The Villages comes from our retaining ponds.

[NanaDarling]

The statement regarding voluntary restrictions on reclaimed water only states that the hours are voluntary. It is not clear to me that the number of days a week are voluntary. My interpretation is that I can only water one day a week, but I am not restricted to the hours between 6 pm and 8 am. Bummer!

[Hansa]

Here is some info about where the reclaimed water comes from in TV and why it can smell bad.

Irrigation system water smells bad.