[HimandMe]

Originally Posted by rubicon

NYCBorn: This is the second water bottling company to ask and freely be granted the right to draw water from here. So first we have public water being privatized and no doubt some sort of quid pro quo arrangement hidden from the public.

Secondly your comments make the argument for the homeowners who are dead set against this injustice. Indeed The Villages of Lake-Sumter Inc, (TVLSI) (Developer) is using millions upon millions of gallons of water; albeit some of the watering comes from the retention ponds.

But that said consider that developers and realtors protested residents right to have say in future development and defeated the bill place for a vote in 2010. So places like The Villages rapidly grow with profits flowing to developers and realtors at the expense and compromised lifestyle of residents with no thought about its environmental, physical and psychological impact.

To add insult to injury the same water utility that freely uses water in any way they see fit for their purposes charges residents based on a three tier fee system for both potable and non-potable water + base charges + sewer fees + ++. In effect they punish people who they deem use too much water based on a model they developed as average use.

People can stand still for many things but hypocrisy is not one of them

Personal Best Regards:

Agreed....

.....an incentive to get off the sofa and speak up even if you dislike confrontation

[rubicon]

Does anyone know the current status of this situation?

[Stdole]

Poster "Outlaw" I thought the application for permit called for 500,000 to 1 million gal. per day... if you feel this is going to be used in Sumter Co. there is going to be a ton of plastic for you to clean up in the 100 hundreds of yrs to come... well then again the sink holes need something to fill them up... just use the plastic bottles... every industry has waste products.. where will that go... Oh that's right the sink holes need more fill...

I would also like to make a request to the POA here in The Villages take an official stand as their membership votes...

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

I am concerned that I have seen very little comment about the private company who has a petition submitted for approval to bottle and sell Sumter County spring water.


Their plans are to pump and bottle nearly 500,000 gallons during the low season and nearly 1,000,000 during high demand seasons. I am shocked that the decision making powers to be would even consider approving such a plan. Almost every year water restrictions are imposed on we Villages and it is outrageous to think they would allow our water to be bottled and sold. Without ample water supply, the Villages would become a ghost town over night.

it is not OUR water supply. it has absolutely nothing to do with water restrictions, don't post if you aren't willing to research the non problem first.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by Stdole

Poster "Outlaw" I thought the application for permit called for 500,000 to 1 million gal. per day... if you feel this is going to be used in Sumter Co. there is going to be a ton of plastic for you to clean up in the 100 hundreds of yrs to come... well then again the sink holes need something to fill them up... just use the plastic bottles... every industry has waste products.. where will that go... Oh that's right the sink holes need more fill...

I would also like to make a request to the POA here in The Villages take an official stand as their membership votes...

I think it will be used in all Florida counties. Primarily central and south Florida. Not just Sumter.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Does anyone know the current status of this situation?

I think this issue has dried up...no, no...I think support for this has evaporated.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by looneycat

it is not OUR water supply. it has absolutely nothing to do with water restrictions, don't post if you aren't willing to research the non problem first.

I understand it not our water but, state and Feds to do as they please. But

Ok ill bit, why wouldn't if have something to do with water restrictions? All water comes from the under ground streams. When the stream runs low why wouldn't it affect all the users?

[manaboutown]

Unless the immediate area is flush with water it may end up circling the drain until...?

[Bogie Shooter]

Great article in current POA Bulletin showing web sites to get all the current information.
Searchfusion.com

[outlaw]

Looks like DOA. Judge put down the hammer. Opponents dropped hearing request out of fear of having to pay court costs if they showed up with less than a convincing argument of harm. imo

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Great article in current POA Bulletin showing web sites to get all the current information.
Searchfusion.com

Bogie with all due respect for you ,the POA did nothing but dance around the issue with their article and never committed and never addressed the hard issues. it was all fluff

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Bogie with all due respect for you ,the POA did nothing but dance around the issue with their article and never committed and never addressed the hard issues. it was all fluff

I pointed out the article, so those who wanted, would have the sites to find the information.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

I pointed out the article, so those who wanted, would have the sites to find the information.

You did, you have always been helpful to posters and I hold great respect for you.

My comments went to the failure of the POA only.

Personal Best Regards:

[rubicon]

Case closed. SWR Properties Water Pumping Update: Petitioners Withdraw Request for Administrative Hearings
as written by the POA.

Did perhaps the petitioners file the wrong charges/claims? Proving ecological mishaps is complicated expensive and very time consuming. As direct consumers this precious and life altering commodity is essential and hence it would appear we have a standing with the courts, after all bottling companies can empty out a reservoir pretty quickly. And what about the affect it has on our water rates?

Bureaucrats are very use to having their way and very adapt at removing obstacles in their path. This is a classic example of bureaucrat greed