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Originally Posted by Altavia
As stated, The Villages basin design (storage) can receive 10" in 24 hours; the inlets can remove 7" in 24 hours. So that event was within the design limits of the system.
Ian produced greater than 17" in 24 hr in some areas so we may have seen water in the streets if that materialized here.
This was a 1/1,000 year event for those areas.
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The storm water management system is designed to put the excess water in the golf courses and the streets and tunnels. The goal is to keep the water out of the homes. Irma was a great test to the system (south of 466) and it out performed what was designed. The engineers were delighted with the results.