15 yards for unnecessary roughness, piling on a downed player.

When ever I hear that they are drawing down the ponds by watering the golf courses, why can’t we use that water on our grass at a discounted rate or free

You must be new around here. After you've been through a few hurricanes and tropical storms you'll never give it a second thought.

That's fine if you're watering with "reclaimed water". But for many of us in the "older" sections our sprinklers use the same water as the house--regular tap water.

An ounce of prevention...

The problem with that is people don't read the paper, don't go to websites like this, don't listen to the radio, don't pay attention to any of the outlets that distribute that kind of information ad nauseum. Don't even speak with their neighbors. So if someone is watering their lawn on any day other than their assigned days some trolls will complain to the powers that be that their neighbor is in violation of some obscure "covenant". The Villages has the flood mitigation under control. If you get splashed in your golf cart that's a small price to pay for not having your home flooded.

The overwhelming majority of homes in the Villages get their irrigation water from retention ponds. There are homes in the older areas north of CR-466 that use potable water for irrigation, but they are the exception, not the rule.

Yes it IS tied to the ponds. There are costs to maintain the system and keep the pumps running. It is a complex system and there are costs to it. Those pumps are not cheap.

Had same ? years ago. System is crazy but seems to work well. Only problem is that all areas are now saturated and more rain coming. Hope grass(especially golf courses) can handle the over saturation.

How does the system know how much water you use every day? My irrigation system has a meter, and my bill reflects my monthly usage, but I didn't think they have daily usage data, unless they were to read the meter every day. Also, if you use the correct amount of water, the water should be absorbed by your lawn, and not drained off into the retention ponds. I think a lot of people use way too much irrigation water.

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?