County makes deal on water: Officials give up fighting The Villages over water use in exchange for a $250,000 study on alternatives.

Publication: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

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Byline: Ramsey Campbell

Mar. 21--TAVARES -- An offer by The Villages to spend as much as $250,000 to study alternative water supplies has ended the threat of a fight between Lake County and the mega-development over its future water usage. The Villages, one of the country's fastest-growing retirement developments, asked the South West Florida Water Management District last month for a permit amounting to an average daily increase of...

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