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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
As I said in the previous post, the pool is little more than a heat sink for a facility that produces a lot of heat.
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I think you're being confused by their web page. The heatsink is an OPTIONAL use of a lagoon; it's not a requirement. It's one way to provide heating to a section of a larger lagoon.
The big technology break through they claim to have is mass desalination and purification of the water.
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One has to look also at the marketability of a lagoon location in or around The Villages. This would be a tourist attraction, it would have to have its own local draw as it's too far from the Orlando attractions to attract customers and would have to compete with Wet-n-Wild, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizard Beach, and the other area water parks. Other "attractions" and businesses would need to exist to be successful. For the locals/resident the novelty will wear off quickly so you must continuously pull in new customers. Sure, it would be nice to take the grandkids to when down for a visit, but regular use by Villages residents, not very likely. It's been my experience over the last 7 years living here that most residents here are cheap and have forgotten how the real-world works (businesses have to make money), any cost increase and they cry poor with indignation and condemnation, blaming it all on the developer for being greedy.
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If you do some digging on their web site and a bit of web searching, you'll see that several of these are installed in planned communities as part of the community amenities - and the public is allowed in for a fee.
So my speculation is:
- "Central Lake" shown in the recent Continuing the Dream booklet is one of these Lagoons.
- The new "Community Support District" gets one of these with residents getting access as part of their HOA/amenity fee, and the public being charged access.
- It's installed adjacent to the Wellness Village and used for cooling.