Why are residents and businesses asked to restrict lawn watering when the District recently approved a permit for a water bottler?
The total amount of groundwater (the primary source of water for public water supply, industry, agriculture and recreational water use) used in the District in 2006 was 1.6 billion gallons per day. The amount allocated for bottling plants represents approximately 1/10 of 1 percent of the groundwater used. The impact of irrigation on our total supply is profoundly greater than the impact of water bottling. Additional details about the water bottling permit and related issues are available at floridaswater.com/niagarabottlingpermit.
