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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Not sure if they had problems with pipes or not but - Water Oak down 441 was still flooded in parts as of last week, following Milton. They have a man-made lack in the middle of their community and that water was in peoples' houses, covering lanais and patios, and blocking the road for WELL over a week after the storm.
It looked to me like they simply didn't have any plans for flood drainage when it was built. Most of the community is sitting in a geographical depression with a body of water in the middle of it. There was no "downhill" where the water could go, so it just started climbing up.
Also a matter of bad planning, substandard regulations OR neglect in enforcing regulations (I don't know which it was).
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The challenge for this areas is there is no outflow so the storm water management system has to be designed to retain a 100+ year rain event.
This is why they flood golf courses and run sprinklers fire weeks to evaporate three accumulated rainfall.