The Southwest Florida Water Management District voted January 27, to limit lawn irrigation to one day a week from Feb. 8 through July 1. The rule applies countywide, including to homes on private wells.
The restrictions are part of the board’s decision to declare a modified Phase II “Severe” water shortage. The move bumps the region up from the Phase I water shortage order issued on Nov. 18, which only prohibited “wasteful and unnecessary” water use.
District leaders say conditions have continued to worsen since then…