The restrictions ban application of lawn fertilizer in the summer and winter months, and extends the rules to commercial lawn applications, as well as to homeowners.
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With a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, federal funding from the American Rescue Plan and money from Hernando County, the plan is to move hundreds of homes from septic to the county's sewage system.
Ground pollution from nitrates, groundwater pumping, and excessive recreation are the three main causes of impairment and decline in Florida’s freshwater springs.