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Originally Posted by wkstephan
IMO a better solution is for The Villages to allow homes to install artificial turf in place of grass lawns. Artificial turf has come a long way from the bristlely indoor-outdoor carpet that was available years ago. Today it looks very much like natural grass, needs very little maintenance, and lasts more than a decade. It needs no water or fertilizer, impervious to pet urine, insects and diseases, unaffected by soil conditions, and it looks great year round and year after year.
For an area the size of The Villages, allowing artificial turf to replace grass could result in substantial conservation of water.
I can understand why use of artificial turf was prohibited in the old days when it would have detracted from the aesthetics of the community; but I am convinced that the use of modern artificial turf for lawns in The Villages would be an improvement in aesthetics and a value enhancer…
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All of the storm water management planning was based on water flows where grass would absorb some of the water to make the runoff less. Using artificial turf would change the water flows. In what I am hearing from Village staff and all consultants, changes from grass to another ground covering will not be allowed in the Villages primarily for this reason alone.