What is the District’s specific water conservation plan for central Florida, and how will it be enforced?
Throughout its 18-county area of responsibility, the District works to achieve water conservation in a number of ways. The District’s efforts include an aggressive public outreach campaign and education, and conservation measures implemented by water users as a requirement of their consumptive use permits. A districtwide rule for lawn and landscape irrigation limits irrigation to no more than two days per week and not between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Some local governments in central Florida have adopted a District-approved local ordinance, which allows them to set irrigation days, enforce rules on water-conserving landscape irrigation and collect monetary penalties from violators. The District is considering its current conservation program and changes that may be appropriate to further promote and encourage conservation. Conservation requirements are enforced by both the District and many local governments in central Florida. The District also requires the reuse of treated was
