A drought is gripping Southwest Florida. Record-setting is likely in Sarasota, Venice and Bradenton. The South Florida Water Management District has issued a water shortage warning for Southwest Florida’s coastal regions after rainfall is down 13 inches from normal for the year.
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A federal drought monitoring system has issued warnings that Southwest Florida is in the midst of an abnormally dry to moderate drought; however, the severity of the drought is hop-scotching across the region.
The worst of it may be underground, where the lack of rain is causing worrisome declines in the aquifers that supply drinking water to most of the region.
The South Florida Water Management District has issued a water shortage warning for Southwest Florida’s coastal regions after rainfall is down 13 inches from normal for the year.
Water managers are calling for Lee and Collier county residents to conserve water and limit lawn irrigation.
If there is no significant rain, and not enough conservation, typically such requests turn into mandates.