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Subject:		Watering restrictions in The Villages
Name:		G. William Lyon
Date Posted:		Jul 25, 08 - 6:15 AM
Email:		g.lyon@comcast.net
Message:		I am writing this in regards to the water issue in Sumter county. I do not understand the reason for watering restrictions in the county and in The Villages in particular. First I do not understand, Why if we are short of water we are allowing a company such as Niagara Water to move into our county and pump 500,000 gallons of water per day to be bottled and shipped out of the county? As they drill their own wells, I would guess that they will take the water for free. Funny as we have to pay for it. This seems to me to be a no-brainer seeing there is a shortage of water. DON’T APPROVE IT. Yet they, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), did approve it, and so did the Sumter county commissioners. Great leadership all around. Secondly, We in The Villages water our lawns with recycled sewer water not underground water. So how does our watering or not watering have any effect on the water shortage. Do we have less sewer water to work with? I get tired of hearing “ we did it because we can” which is what the SWFWMD is putting out to people that question them and their policies. The SWFWMD is appointed by the governor with the idea of looking out for the people of Florida for now and the future. If we don’t have enough water now what will happen in the not to distant future when the population of Florida continues to expand. Seems like they have the attitude “At the expense of the many, few will profit”. Maybe the 12 current members of the governing board should be replaced. Maybe the board should be expanded to have representatives from all 16 counties that the district covers.
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Re: Watering restrictions in The Villages by Jmm · Aug 3, 08 - 4:27 PM Re: Re: Watering restrictions in The Villages by parker · Aug 3, 08 - 4:46 PM

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