As you know, we have been working hard to improve the reliability and service level of our community irrigation system. In the past few weeks, we have made numerous enhancements including improvements to pressure levels. Work is still ongoing to upgrade the equipment. As the system is working much better now, we will be putting the pumps back on their schedule.

 

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝟬𝟴𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲𝟬𝟬 (𝟴𝗔𝗠 – 𝟰𝗣𝗠)

𝗢𝗡 𝟭𝟲𝟬𝟬-𝟬𝟴𝟬𝟬 (𝟰𝗣𝗠 – 𝟴𝗔𝗠)

 

Residents 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 windows.

𝗪𝗲𝗱 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟰𝟬𝟬 (𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠-𝟮𝗣𝗠)

 

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 is 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 for 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 (i.e. residents are not supposed to be watering on Sunday)

𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑢𝑡𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 20 𝑚𝑝ℎ. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠.

This scheduling is in place to reduce the duty cycle on the pumps and conserve the water. Some residents have been watering in the middle of the day and/or outside of their prescribed watering schedule. Note that watering during the day is a waste of the water as more than 50% of the water is lost to evaporation; it is also a violation of our watering rules. Some may not be aware their home sprinkler system is watering at strange times as sprinkler controllers can lose their schedule due to power outages. Controllers have a battery backup, but if that battery fails, the controller clock no longer holds the correct time, throwing off the schedule. On that point, we encourage residents to check their sprinkler controllers to ensure clocks are set to the correct time and verify the schedules to ensure you are watering at the correct time periods per your prescribed watering schedules.

 

 

New residents are often pleased when they learn that the HOA provides the water for their irrigation, saving them a lot of money that would normally be charged by using county water.  This is provided using funds paid for in your HOA dues.  There is a fairly complex system including 3 large wells to distribute the water to not only each home, but also our common areas. 

 

Our water usage as a community is governed by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SFWMD – often said as “Swift Mud”).  They determine how often you can water.    Each home should have a “tag” glued down at the curb in front of their home which gives the range of time to run the cycle.  Additional watering puts our community in jeopardy of sanctions from SFWMD and therefore residents can be fined for excessive watering.  If you are unsure of your watering time, contact the management company.