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Originally Posted by Barefoot
I think you've made this observation before in other posts. I'm wondering if you have any statistics available to support your theory about sink holes and water features. Or is this from your personal experience living in The Villages? I'd be most interested to see any statistics.
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Yes I have as I think it is something that a lot of people over look. But this is just an observations while I was in the Villages for two weeks in the summer of 2012. I saw two sinkholes next to ponds and in discussions with residences it seemed that the holes tended to happen near water. I think I read in the paper that during the time I was there 13 sinkholes occurred in the county. I do not remember which of the 3 counties. In Ocala at the new Del Web I also saw a sink hole by water and got the same story. In the same area, where the builder does not put in ponds (just grass cover catch-basins) only heard of one sink hole happening on the golf course (no water feature) and that was over the past few years. The salesman told me they do not make the catch basin ponds as they think this can lead to sinkholes due to the weight of the water on the land and the erosion of the limestone in heavy rains and when leaks happen in the ponds linings. Other than stay away from the water I did not come up with any solution. You just have to accept the risk.