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Dec 5, 2007 11:01 am US/Eastern

Once A Week Watering Could Be A Week Away

WEST PALM BEACH (CBS4) ― South Florida could be a week away from even tighter water restrictions.

The South Florida Water Management District will decide December 13th whether to impose once-a-week yard watering limits on homes and businesses from Orlando to the Florida Keys. Most of Broward and Palm Beach counties are currently under a twice-a-week watering restriction.

If the new measure is approved, the once a week limit could take effect immediately.

The district says about half of South Florida's public water supply gets used for lawn watering and other outdoor irrigation.

Lake Okeechobee, the main backup water supply for South Florida, remains about five feet below normal. Water managers say in the last 11 months, rainfall across the 16 county region covered by the SFWMD averaged only 41.6 inches, or about 8 inches below normal.

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