Water restrictions remain in place in South Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA- Most of South Florida remains under twice-a-week watering restrictions, with plans this fall to make that a year-round requirement. While the region averaged 8.63 inches of rain in July, about 2 inches above normal, South Florida water managers say that still wasn’t enough to ease watering restrictions.

The July rainfall helped boost drought-strained Lake Okeechobee, the region’s backup water supply, by about a foot. However, at 10.74 feet above sea level on Monday, the lake still was about 3 feet below normal. Local well fields and the Everglades water conservation areas that supplement them have recovered from drought conditions, but the district contends that the water shortage remains.

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Source: Sun-Sentinel.com

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