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Lee County Notice on Reclaimed Water Shortage in Dry Season – 2022

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Dear Reclaimed Water Customer:

This is to inform you that, while we are doing our best to maintain a consistent reclaimed water supply
to all our customers, we are currently experiencing higher than normal reuse demand due to drier than average conditions in Southwest Florida.

The higher‐than‐normal reuse demand might result in intermittent outages or decreased pressure levels in the service. We expect conditions to normalize soon as the 2022 dry season is about to reach its end.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Thank you

Luis A. Méndez, E.I. | Project Manager, Industrial Pretreatment & Reuse Coordinator
Lee County Utilities
1500 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
office: (239) 533-8181 / 8571
cell: (239) 322-8053
email: LMendezSantos@leegov.com
web: www.leegov.com

April 20, 2022

Laguna Lakes residents, managers, supervisors, and contractors,

Once again, we find ourselves at the time of the year that irrigation water becomes scarce. Lee County
is where we get our reuse water from and below is a letter from the reuse department. Attached/below please find a photo we took this morning to confirm their claims.

This happens every year, and we will be experiencing interruptions in our watering schedule.
Historically the summer rains are in full swing on or about June 15th, our goal for the next 8 weeks is not to keep the landscape and turf green and lush, it is to make sure it survives the dry season, and the
summer rains revive it as quickly as possible.

We at Irrigation Specialists will monitor the irrigation lake and the county water input. We have a float
switch on the pump station to avoid running the lake levels too low and sucking up debris. At this time
the lake is down 8” but has not triggered the float switch yet. The county water was not flowing this
morning but hopefully they will start it up soon.

Tad Kring
Irrigation Specialists USA
“Working hard to make irrigation the smallest problem of your day”
239‐598‐0200

Photo: pump station with float switch