[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Ptmcbriz

My realtor who lives in Middleton measured 13” of rain at her house. South of 44 got significantly more rain than northern Villages. Very few water hazard issues were encountered down here.

The Villages drainage system was designed to handle a 100 Year Storm event. That's what we had and the system works fabulously.

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

They have some major drainage problems that aren’t being addressed that are very frustrating for those residents.

A lot of folks get frustrated with the weather, but it's hard to change.

Originally Posted by Regorp

. The area near the intersection of Whittington Circle and Mabel Terrace in DeLuna flooded in a few miles radius due to poor drainage of street drains, despite being reported many times by numerous residents. The nearby retention pond has a liner which causes water levels to stagnate. The next district 13 meeting will be heavily attended by us residents .

Perhaps you folks didn't notice, that the recent hurricane produced a 100 year storm event, which in Sumter County, means about 14" of rain. The Villages drainage system is designed to handle a 100 year storm event and it did. It is at design capacity.

As for a "retention pond" having a "liner" ... do you know for a fact it's a "retention pond" or is a "detention pond"? If it is a "retention pond" as you wrote, it is designed to HOLD water and not allow the water to percolate into the ground. That means it's likely to NEED a "liner" to do what it's intended to do. You and every other resident in the entire state of Florida could show up at the District Meeting and you'll just be wasting you time. That's what the design criteria was and the District doesn't have control over it ... the State of Florida approved the design.

Folks should learn their facts, before posting about technical issue they are not familiar with.

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