County seeks water permit for golf course despite drought


Despite a worsening regional drought, Palm Beach County hopes to win permission today to take nearly 30 million gallons of water a month from South Florida’s drinking-water supply so its planned public golf course next to the Everglades can be planted and irrigated. … County seeks water permit for golf course despite drought

Well — first things first, of course!

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2 thoughts on “County seeks water permit for golf course despite drought

  1. This is the very definition of insanity.

    I can see a protest now: when the sprinklers go off in the morning, protesters stand on greens and shower.

    Don’t ruin my image by telling me golf courses don’t use sprinklers.

    Oh, but they do! Huge ones. Each head releases about a gallon per second.

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