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Coral Springs Could Lose a Golf Course—Hooray!
By William A. Gralnick The South Florida Water Management District has or two, that it is a good thing. As for the development at
drawn rules for water use. Basically, they instituted a Heron Bay, let’s paraphrase Mark Twain who is widely
What Coral Springs is permitting process and the mandate to reduce water credited with saying, “Golf is a nice walk in the park
doing is almost unheard consumption by 45%. Unfortunately, I was not able to ruined.” Let us say that taking a nice walk around the
of in Florida. Some would find anything about penalties. What a shock. I remember new development is better for you and the world than
say it is unthinkable. I reading about ten years ago that Palm Beach County had access to another golf course.
would say great! Round gone a billion gallons over its limit. Then too there are I’ve heard it said that golf is a game for those who
two is starting on what hopefully will be the final attempt all manner of water sources. There are natural sources feel good about themselves—and want to change that.
to turn a golf course, in this case, Heron Bay, into a multi- like the Aquifer, there are wells, there is reclaimed water, For us however, the environment is more critical than
use development. and there are municipal and county sources of water. the psychology.
There are a lot of golf courses in Florida. No state Unsurprisingly, the rules shift per the source.
has more. Florida boasts over 1,100 golf courses that Let’s finish with the blare of horns and the pounding of Columnist and author Bill Gralnick was born and
play host to over nearly 48 million rounds annually, with bass drums. Florida golf courses use 187 million gallons raised in Brooklyn, NY. He is writing a three-part
33% by out of state visitors, 14% by non-local Florida of water a day. That is 67% of all recreational water humorous memoir. The first is “The War of the Itchy
residents, and 54% by local residents. use. In addition to that, they use 110 million gallons of Balls and Other Tales from Brooklyn.” Just published
Here’s a look at some nearby counties. Courses are reclaimed water. That’s 297 million gallons of water a is the sequel, “George Washington Didn’t Sleep Here.”
everywhere. Broward has 40. Collier County has 86, day. As Tweety Bird says, “My doodnis drayshis.” Both are available on Amazon. You can find his writing
Miami/Dade rings in a 40. Even Monroe County/ Key By now, you see that I favor rolling up a golf course at https://www.williamgralnickauthor.com.
West has four, where any errant shot seemingly would go
into the Atlantic or the Gulf! The king of the golf courses
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