a fertilizer ban, noting, however, that the fertilizer ban was only one of
several concurrent strategies used to improve water quality; Dietz
et al. (2004) also found increased water quality after intensive BMP education.
A survey conducted in Southwest Florida revealed that
homeowners did not think that their fertilizing practices influenced
the quality of local freshwater springs, and, the further away they
lived from a body of water, the stronger they believed in this lack of a
physical linkage (Kerr and Downs, 2012).