Squeal on your neighbor to swiftmud.

[uscitizen]

Water-use restrictions start next week in South Florida

By David Fleshler
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted March 15 2007, 11:28 PM EDT

City inspectors, armed with citation books, will cruise the streets ready to pounce if they find a sprinkler operating illegally. Neighbors will be encouraged to rat each other out for watering on the wrong day. Helicopters will hover above farms and golf courses, taking satellite coordinates of pumps operating in violation of water-shortage orders.

This is the new era of water restrictions. It begins next Thursday, when rules approved by the South Florida Water Management District.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-315water,0,3070217.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

LIved in Tampa for 7 years. The problem is not too little water, but too many people.

 

[IHateGovernment]

Why don't they take the money for policing these restrictions and redivert them to expanding the water supply.

 

[uscitizen]

They need to limit growth.
No new houses until more water is available.
Hillsborough county has been on watering restrictions of over 10 years.

 

[IHateGovernment]

Limiting growth is good for people who already live there as it will make the housing prices shoot up but will price anybody else out.

 

[uscitizen]

No plan is perfect.
I figure hurricanes and insurance rates will price most out soon enough anyway.