GAINESVILLE, Fla. – About 22 million people already live in Florida, and it’s expected to grow to 33 million by 2070. Those who irrigate lawns tap into the same water, much of it from the Floridan aquifer.
Many cities and counties, and all water management districts, impose irrigation restrictions to try to conserve the limited supply of water on which we all rely.
Thanks partly to funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, newly published research by University of Florida social scientists found that nearly 40% of residents who are supposed to follow irrigation restrictions believe those rules are voluntary…