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milling73
03-12-2024, 07:07 PM
A sinkhole is draining the lake on Hacienda Lakes course, hole 5 — as well as severely lowering the lake off Panama Pl, that feeds it. Both The Villages and Golf course are aware of issue, but nothing has been done so far. Hopefully the golf course will address it before both lakes go dry.

Bogie Shooter
03-12-2024, 07:28 PM
A sinkhole is draining the lake on Hacienda Lakes course, hole 5 — as well as severely lowering the lake off Panama Pl, that feeds it. Both The Villages and Golf course are aware of issue, but nothing has been done so far. Hopefully the golf course will address it before both lakes go dry.

How will they do that before it goes dry?

TommyT
03-13-2024, 09:42 AM
BIG CORK !!!!:shrug::pepper2:

kkingston57
03-13-2024, 09:49 AM
A sinkhole is draining the lake on Hacienda Lakes course, hole 5 — as well as severely lowering the lake off Panama Pl, that feeds it. Both The Villages and Golf course are aware of issue, but nothing has been done so far. Hopefully the golf course will address it before both lakes go dry.

Sinkholes/water in TV was and still is a big engineering issue. Lakes are always being pumped in and pumped out. If water in that lake is a sinkhole fixing it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, What about the lake/sinkhole between 1st fairways between Lakes and Oaks?

tophcfa
03-13-2024, 10:13 AM
Shhhhhhhhsh, Villages employees aren’t allowed to use the dreaded S word, they are referred to as depressions.

BrianL99
03-13-2024, 10:22 AM
BIG CORK !!!!:shrug::pepper2:

For the so-called "lakes" in The Villages? The cork wouldn't have to be very big.

Most of them can't even be properly called "ponds" ... more like drainage impoundments or puddles.

& a "sink hole" draining a pretend lake, works much better for The Villages' drainage system. The whole point is to get water back into the aquifer.

vintageogauge
03-13-2024, 02:05 PM
For the so-called "lakes" in The Villages? The cork wouldn't have to be very big.

Most of them can't even be properly called "ponds" ... more like drainage impoundments or puddles.

& a "sink hole" draining a pretend lake, works much better for The Villages' drainage system. The whole point is to get water back into the aquifer.

We live on a retention pond, it's very peaceful, not too big, has homes on two sides, maybe 10 or so, it is well landscaped and maintained, lots of wildlife, and did I say very peaceful. We bought our home as soon as we saw the view.

Al2014
03-13-2024, 02:34 PM
How will they do that before it goes dry?

You would think that their first choice would be to monitor the posts on TOTV for the best options.

BrianL99
03-13-2024, 04:51 PM
We live on a retention pond, it's very peaceful, not too big, has homes on two sides, maybe 10 or so, it is well landscaped and maintained, lots of wildlife, and did I say very peaceful. We bought our home as soon as we saw the view.

If there's "maybe 10 houses around it", it's more like a retention or detention basin (impoundment). Don't be surprised the day you wake up and it's gone dry.

margaretmattson
03-13-2024, 04:54 PM
For the so-called "lakes" in The Villages? The cork wouldn't have to be very big.

Most of them can't even be properly called "ponds" ... more like drainage impoundments or puddles.

& a "sink hole" draining a pretend lake, works much better for The Villages' drainage system. The whole point is to get water back into the aquifer.There are 14 lakes, YES, LAKES within 5 miles of the Villages. Many more in the surrounding areas. You should get out and explore some of them. Beautiful! Lake Sumter, Lake Miona, Lake Denham, Lake Deaton, Lake Okahumpka to name a few.

Ptmcbriz
03-14-2024, 06:47 AM
We had the same problem in a lake on hole 9, Longleaf. Took a year to fix it. No small job. They drained the lake and once they finally found the sinkhole area, I believe it was filled with concrete. Then of course it took a long time for Mother Nature to refill it.

Villagesgal
03-14-2024, 08:12 AM
We had the retention pond behind our house develope sinkholes twice and drain the pond. The second fix was a liner and that has held for 18 years. It took a year to do the work. We now have a beautiful year round lake behind the house and love it. All of Florida is plaged by sink holes due to the limestone that gives way in dry spells where the water table below drops leaving nothing to hold the limestone up. The Villages does a good job of taking care of sinkholes as they open as do all towns in Florida. There are proper steps to follow per the FDEP which take time. There is no quick fix, but there are correct fixes.

bobmarc
03-14-2024, 11:03 AM
Hopefully the golf course will address it before both lakes go dry.
How will they do that before it goes dry?

They will say..." Helloooo Lake"

Rodneysblue
03-14-2024, 01:00 PM
How will they do that before it goes dry?
Find a little Dutch Boy to put his finger in it.:loco:

Marathon Man
03-14-2024, 01:49 PM
If there's "maybe 10 houses around it", it's more like a retention or detention basin (impoundment). Don't be surprised the day you wake up and it's gone dry.

People call them lakes. Why is that a problem?

ehonour
03-14-2024, 01:59 PM
Normal for Florida. Look up the history of Paynes Prairie in Gainesville, once called Lake Alachua.

OrangeBlossomBaby
03-14-2024, 05:11 PM
There are 14 lakes, YES, LAKES within 5 miles of the Villages. Many more in the surrounding areas. You should get out and explore some of them. Beautiful! Lake Sumter, Lake Miona, Lake Denham, Lake Deaton, Lake Okahumpka to name a few.

Lake Sumter is a man-made lake. Basically an oversized retention pond.

If you want to see some awesome lakes, rent a pontoon for a day, through Lake Griffin and the Dead River, Lake Harris, Lake Eustis, and Lake Dora.

Topspinmo
03-15-2024, 03:58 PM
People call them lakes. Why is that a problem?


From Google

“It may surprise you to know there is no technical difference between lakes and ponds, according to the National Park Service(Opens in a new window). However, a general rule of a thumb is if a body of water is large and deep it's a lake and if it's short and shallow it's a pond.Aug 8th.”

Topspinmo
03-15-2024, 04:00 PM
Lake Sumter is a man-made lake. Basically an oversized retention pond.

If you want to see some awesome lakes, rent a pontoon for a day, through Lake Griffin and the Dead River, Lake Harris, Lake Eustis, and Lake Dora.


I don’t think so, I think it was cherry lake before villages bulldozers recreated it.?

BrianL99
03-15-2024, 04:38 PM
Lake Sumter is a man-made lake. Basically an oversized retention pond.

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I don’t think so, I think it was cherry lake before villages bulldozers recreated it.?



Two Tired Tales : When Lake Sumter was Cherry Lake (https://www.2tiredtales.com/2022/01/the-only-cemetery-in-villages-is-cherry.html)

Rwatson1
03-15-2024, 08:01 PM
It was a peat farm.