Tighter, mandatory watering restrictions are now in effect for parts of Central Florida due to ongoing drought conditions, according to the St. Johns River Water Management District.
In Central Florida, the district’s order declaring a Phase III Extreme water shortage applies to all of Flagler County, plus the areas it oversees in Lake and Marion counties. Other parts of Lake and Marion counties are overseen by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, which already declared an extreme water shortage for those areas, effective early last month.
The new declaration from St. Johns means all of Lake and Marion counties, plus all of Polk and Sumter counties are in an extreme water shortage…