City exempts its own parks from watering restrictions, then mayor turns off the tap

Two weeks after Tampa banned lawn sprinkling, city water officials gave their own Parks Department the green light to violate that rule.

An exemption granted April 17 allowed twice-weekly watering of city-owned athletic fields and clay tennis courts, and as-needed watering at its plant nursery at Lowry Park.

But Monday, after news reports called attention to the in-house exemption, Mayor Pam Iorio rescinded it, telling parks officials to irrigate with reclaimed water.

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