In the first battle of the Georgia-Florida plumbing efficiency war, Florida was soundly defeated. I noted last week the inconvenient fact that the Georgia Water Stewardship Act was more water-conserving than Florida’s requirements. This dramatically weaken’s the state’s claim that it really, really … Continue reading
Category Archives: Water conservation
I really appreciate that Jim Stevenson agreed, like Sonny Vergara, to answer “Four Questions” about water in Florida. Jim served as Chief Biologist for the Florida State Park System for 20 years and was the Chair of the Florida Springs … Continue reading
It is fair to say that Florida’s water supply problems are mostly irrigation problems. Take a look, for example, at USGS estimates for 2010 water withdrawals. Agriculture (almost entirely irrigation) was 40% of overall withdrawals in 2010. Public supply is another … Continue reading
Texas just put on the ballot what the Alliance for Water Efficiency calls the “largest dedicated conservation and reuse project funding in any state to date.” The constitutional referendum sets aside 20% of the water supply bond proceeds for conservation and … Continue reading
So, how much water will Florida be using in a couple of decades? Judged by the historical record of previous forecasts, it will be much less than current projections show. You could take a look, for example, at the 1994 … Continue reading