Year-Round Water Conservation Begins March 15, 2010 In South Florida
West Palm Beach, FL —Year-round water conservation measures to better protect South Florida’s water resources begin today, with the start of permanent limits on landscape irrigation throughout the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD).
“The move from emergency landscape irrigation restrictions to year-round water conservation measures marks a historic turning point for South Florida,” said SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Eric Buermann. “Water conservation in our region can no longer be a reaction to short-term adversity. Conservation has become a proactive strategy to protect water resources for the long-term benefit of our environment and our communities.”
Developed with input from water users across the region after more than two years and 30 public workshops, the conservation measures limit irrigation of existing landscapes to two days per week. A provision in the measures allows for three-day-a-week irrigation in counties south of Lake Okeechobee, with local ordinances supporting the more stringent two-day measures.
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