Measure necessary because of ongoing drought
The Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board has voted to declare a Modified Phase II “Severe” Water Shortage because of dry conditions throughout the region, the District has announced.
That declaration “requires all residents, including those on private wells, in multiple cities and counties” — Sarasota County among them — “to follow one-day-per-week watering restrictions,” a District news release points out.
The new limitation will be in effect from Feb. 8 through July 1, the release says. It applies also to all of Manatee, DeSoto, Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter counties; portions of Charlotte, Highlands and Lake counties; the City of Dunnellon and The Villages in Marion County; and the portion of Gasparilla Island in Charlotte County, the release adds…