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Coralsprings.com Declares Water Shortage Over South Florida Water Management personnel unable to comment on drought due to flooding. by Howard Melamed August 5 20013rd Drought (draft)
Let's examine this whole process: Last May , the water management people lowered lake Okeechobee 2 feet as they expected us to get hit with a very large hurricane and subsequent flooding. The storm never materialized and the amount of rain from that point in time until now did not reach the normal rainy season. As a result of their mistake, the very same experts declared a Phase 2 water shortage, and we all had to suffer the consequences. However, none of them lost their jobs due to their bad decisions and the municipalities made money on this deal as they were able to collect revenues from citations handed out to those people that violated the watering restrictions. The police now wasted their time (and currently continue to do so) in chasing down illegal watering violators, that were mostly turned in by their neighbors. (No one said that Coral springs was the city of brotherly live). All of this was being done under the auspices of that we were under draught conditions and the level of Lake Okeechobee was falling interrupting the wild life ability to survive. Really what was going on was that the Sugar production plants in central Florida were having a problem due to the lower water levels in the lake. According to the Department of Natural resources, it is Agriculture that uses most of the fresh water in our aquifer/canal/lake system and not us human beings. The Engineers declared that the sky was falling and that since there was a drought, something better be done soon or else we will not have any water. So Mother Nature intervened and gave us ample water, just like always. Even though water restrictions were put into place as of March this year, the water management people admitted that little reduction in water usage actually had taken place. So they decided to impose there will and reduce all of our water pressure, making it increasingly more difficult on us. Then they wanted to impose even stricter restrictions but it would not have been politically prudent. What they really needed to do was to stop the nonsense and declare that we can expect it to rain in South Florida, 'so let's not panic'. They should agree never to lower Lake Okeechobee . All of this time, the water continued to flow through our taps, uninterrupted. There was ample water in the wells to supply irrigation to our lawns and plants. The City of Coral Springs Water Department was never without water to supply us. If you didn't know any better a Coral Springer would think that there was no water shortage at all. Come to think of it, maybe this whole water issue was a big 'Gaff" imposed on us to show that our taxpaying dollars is well spent in giving money to the water management people. After all, they got to do something to justify the money spent. So they lowered the water in lake Okeechobee last year, causing the self proclaimed shortage and causing us to worry about it. What me worry? Let me give you some facts that you yourself can attest to :
Now, ask yourself one final question: Why have they not lifted the water restrictions even though the Lake is within nominal levels and that we have had ample rain to cover any drought? They have to wait for their next meeting. Or maybe, they can't get to their computers to write the press release since they were too busy dealing with the unexpected flooding due to the tropical weather....Duhhhhh! Interesting Links: NOAA Map of South Florida Showing above normal surface water conditions Miami Herald Articles on Water Restrictions US Army Core of Engineers Florida Drought WebPages Comments? water@coralsprings.com
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