Irrigation Information

Home Irrigation:

North of CR 466, homes are irrigated with potable water.
South of CR 466, homes are irrigated with non-potable water which is comprised of storm water runoff that is collected in water retention areas and groundwater from the lower Floridan aquifer when storm water supplies are not available.
Golf Course Irrigation:

North of CR 466, golf courses are irrigated with a combination of reclaimed wastewater, storm water runoff that is collected in water retention areas, and groundwater (some upper Floridan and some Lower Floridan, depending on the specific course).
South of CR 466 all golf courses are irrigated with a combination of reclaimed wastewater and lower Floridan groundwater.

Please note that any reclaimed wastewater that is used for golf course irrigation is treated and meets the public access reuse standards established and required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Brilliant!

Yes…don’t act so surprised. They have to have somewhere to put the next storm’s runoff, so they empty the ponds BEFORE the storm.

Good idea for those with separate irrigation water systems.

Are you saying that you water your grass every day?

Sprinkler
 

keeping the retiner ponds low for the next hurrican

If you ever have an opportunity to attend a presentation by the Water Management Department. …GO! It is so interesting how they manage water movement here.
The maps clearly identify 3 types of ponds.
1. Ponds adjacent to nature preserves. They leave these ponds alone.
2. Ponds that are lined. These ponds might be stocked for fishing, and water moves in and out as needed. Water is moved from pond to pond.From here they flood golf courses when necessary.
3. Unlined ponds. This is the type you are referencing. These ponds will go completely dry at times. If you are living near an unlined pond, it will always be that way. Your options are to either live with it , as is, or move. It will have water part of the year…like now

Second post on this thread………..

I’m not sure but I think they run the sprinklers to lower the pond levels. I know I read that somewhere. :1rotfl:

Likely Operator Error. The Search function on this Forum works far better than most every other forum or site I know of.

One would think, after lifting here for 3 years, the answer would have been known? I haven’t even moved in yet and know.
But then again, I have no life and have been on the forums a bit before our move.

So from experience of the last 17 years. The Pond across the street from our home in LSL is approximately 1.5 acres. The sprinkler were running for 6 days prior to 2017. We could see the in/out pipes, water was 14’ below cresting line.
We watched that pond not only crest, but water making it over the sidewalk, into the road.
We had water 10’ away from the back of our lanai. Yet no water ever entered our homes, thanks to the water management emptying those ponds.

So some think ponds are ugly half empty. Many see them as saving their homes from destruction.

I wish folks would discover the "scroll" feature and not have several answers that are the same. Scrolling AND google should be everyone's friends!!

There is a method to the madness it lowers the retention ponds which lowers the risk of flooding.

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Hurrican Prep
 

They run the sprinklers to lower the water levels in the retention ponds as a flood mitigation measure. Expect the sprinklers to run alot in the next 2 days. Also, they close golf courses and run sprinklers there. Several courses are closed for that purpose.

There has to be an echo on this thread.:shrug::1rotfl:

The Villages, south of 466, has a storm water management system that will prevent flooding in our homes. The irrigation system is part of that management so you will see the irrigation running 24/7 in common areas.

So? Apparently not to the person asking the question.

Here's an idea! If a question asked more than once rankles, then just don't answer it. Someone of a more helpful and friendly bent, undoubtedly will.