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NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

Marie Roberts (center) surrounded by many of her FGCSA Past Presidents. Marie is set to officially
retire at the January 31 FGCSA Reception in Orlando after 25 years as Association Manager.
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Upcoming Events
Jan. 7 - West Coast GCSA Monthly
Meeting at Dunedin C.C.
Jan. - 9th - Palm Beach GCSA Chapter
Meeting, Country Club at Boca Raton
Jan. 14 - Suncoast GCSA Vendor
Appreciation Day at Bradenton C.C.
Jan 14 -FTGA Research Tournament,
Interlachen C.C., Winter Park
Jan. 28 -Feb 3 GIS, Orange County
Convention Center, Orlando
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Jan. 31 - FGCSA Reception, Orlando
FTGA Regional Turf Conferences:
Tampa, January 9 - St. Lawrence Parish
Ft. Myers, January 1 0 - 3 Oaks Banquet &
Conference Center
Port St. Lucie, January 15 - Indian River
Community College, Schreiber
Conference Center
Lake Worth, January 16 - Polish American
Club
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Broward/Miami Dade, January 17 Central Park
Ocala, January 22 - Marion Co. Extension
Service
Jacksonville, January 23 - Duval Co.
Extension Service Auditorium
Orlando, January 29 - Double Tree
Universal (in conjunction with FPMA)
Milton, February 5 - Santa Rosa County
Auditorium

President's Message

President's Message
By Matt Taylor, CGCS
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas
and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
Recently, the EGCSA engaged Bruce
Adams who used to work for the South
Florida Water Management District
(SFWMD) to act as a water issues
consultant to help with communications
regarding our current water restriction
calculations. I encourage all chapters to
consider forming regional alliances to
work with your water management district
on a long-term basis on water issues.
Maybe we can work out some sort of
agreement to cost share Bruce's services.
One of Bruce's first comments to us was
that he would need data on what type of
economic impact the water restrictions
would have on golf courses. My first
thought was - here we go, it is Methyl
Bromide's "prove market disruption" all
over again. My second thought was to call
Joel for his help.
Joel being a "get right on it" kind of guy
put together information from the U. S.
Geological Survey's (USGS) Florida
Water Use Reports, and from the Florida
Golf Economic Impact Study done by the
University of Florida back in 2000.
Within an hour he had a page of bullet
point facts that would help our cause, and

really told a great story.
While we didn't have much to do with the
data from the USGS, we did really have a
lot to do with the UF/IFAS Economic
Impact Study. Back in 2000 Roy Bates,
while working for WCI, approached
several groups about funding this project.
With the main financial backing of WCI,
the Florida Golf Course Superintendents,
the Florida Turfgrass Association and
other groups helped fund the project. The
data produced by this study has been used
over and over to illustrate the positive
environmental and economic impact the
golf industry has in Florida. The point is
the cooperative and cost sharing efforts
made for the benefit of all FGCS A
members and all golf facilities in the state.
Research is critical to our long term
success in the green industry. Many
groups have partnered together over the
past few years to continue to provide you
with much needed research. In fact over
the next few years there will be over
$250,000 in research funded with the
University of Florida. The Florida
Turfgrass Association has been the
umbrella organization which funnels the
money to the University.

Matt Taylor
donate to the FTGA's Research
Foundation directly as a gift or as proceeds
from an event or tournament. Those kinds
of donations are also the primary source
for the FGCSA's research account. Several
companies also donate money to the
FGCSA from their profits during the year.
Many forward thinkers in the FGCSA,
years ago, put monies away for reserves in
Research dollars reach the FTGA in many case of hard times. The interest from
ways. The FGCSA has partnered directly those investments is the third way we fund
and co-funded projects with the FTGA for research. We also leverage the donated
funds by co-funding projects with the
many years. Many of our local chapters
FTGA, the GCSAA, and the Florida Sod
Growers Co-op. You can find updates on
the research projects in the Florida Green
and Florida Turf Digest, the FTGA
magazine.

GREEN SHEE
Editor:
Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 248-1971 (fax/phone)
E -mail: FLGrn@aol.com
News Coordinator:
Jennifer Innes
1296 NE Ocean view Cir.
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
(772)334-7515
(772) 334-6015
e-mail: fgcsa@comcast.net
The Green Sheet is a bimonthly FGCSA
Newsletter printed as follows: Jan/Feb,
March/April, May/June, July/August,
Sept./October, November/December.

Financial Support:
This issue of the Green Sheet
is being sponsored by:
Golf Ventures
5101 Gateway Blvd., Suite 18
Lakeland, FL 33811-2704
800-330-8874
800-481-8911
888-222-7072
All material submitted for printing will
be edited at the discretion of the editor.
Material must be typed or clearly
printed. Photos are encouraged. Items
must be for the good of the association.
Deadline next issue February 15.

Tim Hiers, CGCS has been working over
the past few years on a broad-based
funding plan for turfgrass research that
may provide consistent on-going resources
needed in the future. Look for more details
to become available in the near future. We
need your chapter, club or business to very
seriously consider annual contributions to
turfgrass research. Just think of the
fertilizer and water issues confronting us
right now. Please contact the FGCSA if
you need more information. Better still
send in a donation. We'd be happy to give
clubs credit in the Florida Green as donors
to turf research.
I look forward to seeing everyone at the
upcoming GIS show and the FGCSA
reception in Orlando.

Executive Director Report

Executive Director Report
By Joel Jackson, GCCS
Hail and Farewell: Lots of mixed
emotions flowing around the FGCSA
these days. We are at once happy and sad
that Marie Roberts, our Association
Manager since 1982, is retiring effective
January 31, 2008. Marie has been the glue
holding us together all these years. The
fact is that when she took office, we began
to have continuity and a conscience for our
association that has only helped us to
become stronger and a leader on the
national scene.
I can only speak for myself, but I know
that ten years ago when I made the change
from golf course superintendent to full
time association director of
communications, the transition was really
painless thanks to Marie's full cooperative
partnership as I learned my new role and
we both served the association in our
special ways. We were a good team.
Thanks Marie, it would have been so much
harder without you.
The good news is that Marie isn't going
far. She will still work for the Palm Beach
and South Florida Chapters as she has
been doing for many years. I want to tap
into Marie's overall experience by perhaps
organizing a local chapter staff resource
group in the coming year, where all
chapter administrative persons can meet at
least once a year and network to improve
our communications and member service.
Marie will bring a lot of knowledge to that
process from the state and national service
she has accumulated.

1. Government Relations: Fertilizer
Issues - Florida Consumer Fertilizer
Task Force Update: The 13-member task
force met in Apopka on December 17
and will hold its last meeting in January in
Tallahassee in preparation for its
submission of its recommendations for a
statewide rule that would govern the
application of urban fertilizers. Sciencebased guidelines predominate, but
contentious issues remain as some task
force members want loopholes and local
communities want the authority to create
additional restrictions citing special needs
to protect water bodies. Unfortunately,
many of these add-ons though well
intentioned are not based on fact, but
rather pre-cautionary perceptions. Even in
the face of facts that turf not given
necessary phosphorus to keep it healthy
tends to leach more P into the environment
they are trying to persist in there "we
know best" attitude. Unintended
consequences like more pollution don't
seem make an impression. One task force
member was quoted as saying at a local
meeting that "failure of a landscape or turf
business is not necessarily a bad thing.
Look at the asbestos and tobacco
industries.. ." Not nice to be lumped in
with those two headliners. On the other
hand, others on the task force are willing
to compromise on special rulings only if
the local government can prove
scientifically that the add-on restrictions
are justifiable. Stay tuned. Meanwhile,
golf courses are not being held to the same
consumer restrictions, but must follow the
nutrient management guidelines in the
2007 Golf BMP manual, so be sure you
have read and follow those guidelines.
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have to comply with hundreds of
differing ordinances. Once again,
however, golf courses need to be aware
that wherever ordinances have been
put in place, most have directed that
courses will follow the Golf BMP
manual, so be sure to do so lest you
become charged with an infraction.
Water Restrictions: I have not been
able to find obvious postings on the
Southwest Florida or St. Johns River
WMD web sites, describing specific
current irrigation restrictions for golf
courses if you do have a link please
share it with me. I have searched them
from A to Z. Bill Kistler told me that
under the Tampa Water Authority a
sub-set of SWFWMD he and others in
the Tampa area are on two day per
week irrigation of fairways only if you
apply for a variance from 1-day per
week. Also watering greens and tees is
allowed 3-days per week. Bill says the
hot spots are increasing every day.
Further south, the SFWMD just
announced Phase 3 for all golf courses
in their district meaning a 45%
reduction from permitted amounts.
100% reclaimed water users are
exempt from restrictions, but
conservation is encouraged. Too bad
Miami-Dade was reported in the paper
as dumping 300 million gallons of
"lightly" treated effluent into the
Atlantic Ocean every day! It seems
calls for conservation are only directed
at easy targets.

Water Conservation: I have been
asked to serve on the South Florida
Water Management District's Long
Range Water Conservation Summit
More good news is that Jennifer Innes,
Panel. There must be around 18
who is our new Association Manager, has Local Fertilizer Ordinances: While
some cities and counties are still pursuing stakeholders representatives on the
stepped in and is well on her way to
their own brand of fertilizer restrictions,
panel from Agriculture to Utilities,
continuing the tradition of outstanding
including turf and green industries like
service to our association. She only lives 6 the pace has slowed a little thanks to the
Fertilizer Task Force. Some counties have sod producers, nursery growers and
miles from Marie and so they
voted to wait until the state rule is passed. landscape and sports and leisure (golf,
communicate almost daily when needed
In one case, Punta Gorda City Council
sports, parks, etc). I'm the Sports and
for advice and information as Jennifer
voted
3-2 to "NOT" impose an ordinance, Leisure person.
learns the ropes. We are in a period of
adjustment for all concerned as Marie lets but rather devote its resources to public
We met on December 4 at the
education on best management practices.
go and Jennifer picks up the load.
SFWMD headquarters and will meet
One councilman said, "Why pass an
four more times beginning December
we can't possibly enforce?" If
17 and ending March 28 . The goal is
My personal thanks Marie for all you have ordinance
Punta
Gorda
does want something on the
to present the SFWMD Board of
done for us and all you have meant to the books, they could
adopt the State Fertilizer Governors with recommendations for
FGCSA's success. I hope many of you
Rule,
which
is
the
of the Task Force water conservation measures across all
will wish Marie a happy bon voyage at the in the first place - point
to
provide
a standard
stakeholder groups. I want your input
FGCSA reception in Orlando. Bring a
state-wide
rule,
so
businesses
would not
hanky, I'll have mine.
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Executive Director's Report

with your ideas and commitment to reduce
overall water use. Two ideas that I have
are: (1) Making out-of-play areas into
native plant zones requiring very little if
any irrigation after establishment. This is
not a new idea, but folks are going to have
to buy into the on-going effort to reduce
water use. (2) Consider reducing your
programmed run times per station by 1
minute. Spread out over the whole golf
course times the gallons per minute and
number of heads, you could save over
25,000 gallons per run cycle. This is an
idea that doesn't take any additional case
investment, and frankly considering the
growing watering restrictions, should be
done anyway. The trick is to do it when we
are not in a drought response situation in
order to conserve our threatened water
resources.
Methyl Bromide: Not much progress has
been made in securing a CUE for turfgrass
use of methyl bromide. Dr. Unruh at the
Milton West Florida REC is engaged with
a USDA scientist and a grant to re-study
how the turf industry might be able to use
existing products as effective alternatives.
MSMA: It's finally over. The 1 l -hour
attempt to save MSMA has failed. Dr.
Barry Brecke of UF/IFAS emailed on
November 14 to say that the EPA has
decided to ban all uses of MSMA on turf
and cotton. Details of the phase out will be
announced later.
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UF/IFAS: On December 18 & 19 ,
members of the turf industry will meet
with IFAS administrators and faculty at a
Turf Summit to be held at the Mission Inn
Resort in Central Florida. The goal will be
to evaluate the programs and progress of
IFAS and discuss what works and doesn't
work with current programs. It will be an
intense 2 day session with stakeholders
working up until 9 - 1 0 PM the first night
and all day the next day. A pre-meeting
survey was sent out asking for items and
issues so we will have a working agenda
when we get there.
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GCSAA: The Golf Course
Superintendents Association of America
(GCSAA) has announced that, beginning
in January 2008, it will conduct a national
survey of golf courses focusing on
pesticide use.
The survey is part of a multi-year, first-ofits-kind project being undertaken by
GCSAA that will document the
environmental stewardship practices and
establish an environmental profile of golf
courses. The Golf Course Environmental
Profile project is designed to collect
information that will allow superintendents
and other facility personnel to become
better managers, help them operate more
efficiently and lead to GCSAA developing
more valuable programs and services.
Such information will include details
about playing surfaces, natural resources,
environmental stewardship efforts and
maintenance practices on the golf course.
"We see this project as a continuation of
the golf industry's commitment to
environmental stewardship," said GCSAA
Director of Research Clark Throssell,
Ph.D. "Thanks primarily to the United
States Golf Association and to GCSAA
and its affiliated chapters for a supporting
role, millions of dollars of have already
been invested to research golf's impact on
the environment. The data show that
properly managed golf courses are
compatible with the environment and that
golf facilities contribute positively to
communities. Our project will fill in
information gaps and provide a road map
for advancing golf course management."

2. Allied Associations: Ag Institute of
Florida: First thanks to all the local
chapters for donating $100 on top of the
FGCSA's $500 to help fund the Public
Awareness Campaign designed to promote
positive stories about Florida's Ag and
Green Industries' impact on the state's
economy and environment. I will be
feeding story ideas about golf courses to
Consensus Communications for inclusion
in their online newsroom and for
publication in media outlets around the
state. This will not be a one-shot initiative,
and we are a small contributor compared
to some of the larger commodity groups.
However, we will need to put in our "two
cents worth" to also be included in the
venture, so please plan to make a line item
for your 2008 budget to make another
This kind of data will permit us to
donation next year. The issues won't go
challenge and correct misconceptions
away and we need to be more vocal and
about golf course maintenance. I can't
pro-active and that takes funding.
urge you strongly enough to participate

and provide input to make the data reliable
and defensible.
3. Education: There will be nine FTGA
Regional Seminars around the state
beginning January 10 . If you haven't
received the brochure outlining meeting
times, locations and topics then log onto
www.ftga.org and download the
information. You can also register online.
GCSAA: No secret that the Golf Industry
Show will be making its Tri-annual return
to Orlando on January 27 thru February
1 at the Orange County Convention
Center. It is an impressive opportunity to
show off our profession to our General
Manager and Owners as they all meet
during the week. Log on to
www.gcsaa.org to register now.
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4. Executive Director's Meetings, Events
and Travel
01/08
GCSAA webcast:
Effective Leadership
01/10-11
FFA A Winter Meeting,
Daytona Beach
01/11
FGCSA Winter Board
Meeting, Tampa
01/14
FTGA Turf Research
Tournament, Winter Park
01/16-18
PGA Merchandise Show
(GCSAA, ING), Orlando
01/10
Deadline - Florida Golf
Central Magazine
01/20
Deadline - Golfdom
Magazine
01/28
SFWMD Conservation
Summit, West Palm Beach
01/29-2/1
GCSAA -GIS
Conference & Show, Orlando
02/TBA Florida Green Cover Story Trip,
Jacksonville
02/10
Deadline - Florida Golf
Central Magazine
02/15
Deadline - Green Sheet
March/April Newsletter
02/20
Deadline - Golfdom
Magazine
02/28
SFWMD Water
Conservation Summit, West Palm Beach
FGCSA Board Meeting to be held
January 11
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The FGCSA Winter Board Meeting will be
held on Friday, January 11th at the Tampa
Palms Golf and Country Club. All
External Vice President's are urged to
attend or arrange for a chapter member to
represent your chapter.

Minutes of FGCSA Fall Board Meeting

Minutes of FGCSA Fall Board Meeting

The Fall 2007 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order by
Vice President Shane Bass at 1:00 p.m. on
Friday October 19 at Grand Cypress
Villas.
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All Officers , with the exception of
President Matt Taylor, were present. All
Chapters, but the Everglades chapter was
represented. Others attending the meeting
were Joel Jackson - Executive
Director./Florida Green editor; Marie
Roberts, Association Manager; Jennifer
Innes, Association Manager, Casey Pace,
FTGA and Mike Goldie FGCSA Lobbyist.
Minutes of the FGCSA Summer 2007
Board Meeting were approved.

ordinances already passed. The Lawn
Care Industry is considering using the
Naples ordinance as a model to suggest. It
is the closest to the current BMP's. Duval
County is in the early phase of thinking
about drafting a fertilizer ordinance.

FLORIDA GREEN: The Florida Green
is in its final proof process and will be sent
to the printer next week. Joel expressed to
the Board a possible Florida Green redesign and article archive on the web site.
He would like the magazine to be
reflective of the members needs.

The Audit was addressed. The Audit order MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: Marie
was signed and the audit will be completed Roberts reported that the new Membership
Directory should be mailed out in the next
two weeks. Advertisers came through,
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Secretary/Treasurer Bill Kistler presented even with the increase in advertiser rates,
the financial report. Nancy Miller made a and we exceeded our projected income
goal.
motion to accept the report and it was
seconded.
AWARDS: Rip Phillips reminded the
Board that the nomination process for
Bill noted that the big difference of the
Financial Report this year versus earlier Award recipients must begin. Chapters
years is that now we are actually funding will need to send in their nominations with
supporting letters. Rip would like these
research. The Musser Foundation will
letters to be presented to the Board in
need to be addressed at the next Board
January for the Winter Board Meeting.
Meeting to decide if we still want to
support it. The FGCSA Research fund
still has unpaid commitments that we will EDUCATION: Mark Kann reported to
need to raise money to support. There was the board he is working on POA seminar
some concern that the Chapter donation topics. He is currently working on an
Assistant Superintendent Survey for
chart did not accurately reflect those
Chapters who donate by business direct possible seminar topics.
donations.
BY-LAWS: It was brought to the
PRORATING DUES: It was held that attention of the Board that Joel's job
description needs to be updated in the byNew Member dues that come in after
laws.
It was also of concern if Lifetime
January 1 will be prorated by half.
Members are included in the by-laws.

FTGA - Casey Pace updated the Board on
the Conference & Show. It has received
very good feedback so far, but additional
feedback was encouraged. The Live
Auction, the Scrambler and Qualifier were
all big hits. There were a total of 500+
attendees. The Corn Boil was not quite
the success it had been in previous years
and there were some glitches with the online registration that have been addressed.
The FTGA Conference & Show will be
Sept. 16-19 at PGA National Resort. And
finally, the FTGA has put out its Turf
Seminar calendar. The Orlando session
will be combined with the Pest Manager's
Conference. Feb. 5 will be the last
seminar.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT:
Joel gave the board a report on the EPA
Mike Goldie - The House of
phasing out methyl bromide. The trend of
Representatives is currently in a special
the EPA is large reductions MeBR
session as the tax issue deadline is being allocations in CUE applications. We are
pushed to the 28 of October and the
currently working to get Congress to
Insurance Bill is being presented. Water intercede in the process. Many local
restrictions will still continue as the
fertilizer ordinances facing the Landscape
predictions for a warmer and dryer season Industry seem to exempt Golf Courses. It
continue. There is currently a budget
is important to partner with those
shortfall and individual committees will be industries, i.e. landscape, etc. to promote
addressed in November.
their BMPs so they all have equal
standing.
Old Business: With Matt Taylor not in
attendance, Joel Jackson presented what he Joel also discussed his new role in the
knew about the Task Force Meetings.
Association. He presented the Board with
There have been 2 of 6 meetings with the a handout expressing his ideas for the
13 members. The Task Force is charged Association relative to his position. He
with giving a set of recommendations to would like to evaluate the publications and
the Legislature. The Task Force is staying maybe re-design and update and
on track and is working on using best
coordinate all communication for
available science for the state rule. It is
consistency in messaging.
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GOLF: South Florida won FGCSA Golf
Championship for another year! The
FTGA Champion also earned a spot on the
Florida team.
RESEARCH: GCSAA Chapter
Research Grant Fund - this year we are
not submitting any new proposals. The
Board agreed that It is a great program, but
we currently have two proposals being
funded.
MEMBERSHIP: Membership numbers
are up by approximately 20. All the
Chapters have done a wonderful job at
getting their dues in and membership
information submitted.
Chapter Delegates: Kevin Downing
reported to the Board on the Annual
Chapter Delegates meeting. There were 2
new attendees this year; Bob Wagner and
Steve Pearson. The GCSAA has taken a

... .Continuation of Fall Board Minutes
strong hit for the lack of attendance in
Anaheim. They are branding PDI to
promote Class A. Logo utilization was
also encouraged. The Chapter affiliation
agreement was also discussed.
He also reminded the board of the 5 free
available memberships that are available
to give, he suggested, to an Assistant
Superintendent who will be helping to
build our future.

hire a private security firm to provide
security. We are expecting a large crowd.
FTGA Seminar: It was noted in our
Financial records that we were budgeted
$1500 for the FTGA. We will send a
check of the remaining funds after the
Conference & Show is settled. This will
total an approximate donation of $600.

2008 Florida GCSA
Reception, Thursday
January 31
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Level I. Platinum Sponsors

Bayer Environmental Sciences
Golf Ventures/Helena/Jacobsen
LONG RANGE PLANNING
COMMITTEE: Joe Panteleo will be the
Harrell's Fertilizer
Chairman of the committee.
Toro Distributors: Hector Turf,
Orlando Reception: Sponsor solicitation MISC: Mark Kann presented the Board
Wesco Turf, Wesco Turf
forms have been mailed out to anyone who with a list of needed new/used equipment
Supply
has advertised in the Florida Green or
Kilpatrick
Companies
donations
for
the
University
of
Florida
Directory in years past. We are beginning Plant Science Center.

to receive chapter donations. Security
during the actual Reception was addressed The meeting was adjourned.
as a concern. It was recommended that we

Level II. Gold Sponsors
Country Club Services
Grigg Brothers
QCS Development, Inc.

Level III. Silver Sponsors
Aerification Plus/Almar Turf Products
Eagle One Products
Florida Superior Sand, Inc.
Golf Agronomics
Greensmiths, Inc. N-Control
Liquid Ag Systems
MacCurrach Golf Construction
Southeast Partners/TMI
Total Golf Construction
Sullivan Electric
Syngenta Professional Products
UAP Professional Products
Western Pozzolan

Level IV Bronze Sponsors

Darden Nicks, Palm Beach GCSA Treasurer presents Joel Jackson, FGCSA Executive
Director, with a $100 check for the Ag Institute's Public Awareness Campaign during the
joint meeting of the Treasure Coast and Palm BeachChapters.

Amerigrow Golf
Becker Underwood
Cleary Chemical
DuPont Professional Products
Florida Turf Support
FMC
J WD Trees Inc.
Precision Laboratories, Inc.
Precision Small Engine
Prime Turf, Inc.
Ragan Technical Services
Upstart Products
JWD Trees

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Following is a response by Joel Jackson to the editor of Florida Trend Magazine about an editorial
dealing with water shortages.
I enjoyed 99% of your editorial on water issues and how the folks in Bermuda have been dealing with limited fresh water for
centuries.
I was stationed at the U.S. Coast Guard LOR AN Station on South Caicos Island in the Turks & Caicos
Islands (SE Bahamas Chain) back in 1967 and I can vouch for the cistern system, since that was our source of water for the base
as well. We had a huge concrete catch basin built into the side of a hill and a 50,000 gallon above ground tank for storage, During
hard times we would sometimes be asked to share some of our water with the townsfolk in Cockburn Harbour, which we gladly
delivered via tank truck.
The one part of your editorial that is a little off is where you say half of Florida's fresh water goes for lawn watering. I will not
argue that a significant portion is involved but perhaps I can add some clarification. Based on the U. S. Geological Survey's Water
Use Report for Florida done every five years (see www.usgs.gov and go to state links and water use links).
The report divides the state's largest water consumers into six categories and while it is in the Public Supply sector that 50% has
been estimated as being used on lawns, the Public supply sector is only 30% of the total consumption. Here's the Data from the
2000 report.
Florida Fresh Water Use
• Agricultural Irrigation 48%
• Public Supply
30% so 50% of this use or 15% of the total can be attributed to lawn/landscape watering. Other
major sources of loss in this section are leaking water mains and home plumbing.
• Power Generation
8%
• Commercial, Industry, Mining 7%
• Recreational Irrigation 5%
Golf is estimated at 67% of Recreation total or 3% overall.
• Domestic self-supplied wells 2%

The Ridge GCSA named Alan Puckett recipient of the Ridge lifetime Achievement Award for his service to the chapter
From left: Bob Solms, Alan Puckett, Scott Scamehorn, Tom Barnett and Jim Rowland

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Golf Ventures would like to take this opportunity to thank Marie Roberts for her support and contribution to
Golf Ventures and the golf industry. She has been instrumental in so much and she will be missed.

MARIE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!!!

Golf „
Ventures

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