Florida Community Faces Water Fight

A master planned retirement community wants to double in size, but nearby residents say there's not enough water to support the growth.

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June 1, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

The Villages is a large master planned retirement community with plans to grow. By 2020, The Villages, which sprawls across three counties, expects to be home to 90,000 people, nearly all over the age of 55. There is no city in Central Florida, outside of Orlando, as big. The developer is asking the local water district for the right to pull 4 million gallons of water per day from underground aquifers, but local residents are opposed to the growth, citing that several wells in the region are already running dry.

Thanks to Christian Peralta

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