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Originally Posted by Lisanp@aol.com
(Post 2274848)
In the "southern areas" (St. Catherine, etc) our ponds were way down as they filled the ponds in Newell, etc. this past spring. Then it rained over the summer and they were way up again - higher then I even saw them in my 2.5 years. Now they are way down again as they fill the ponds around Eastport (you can even hear the water rushing through the pipes as you drive over the storm drains). They will be up again soon - no big deal!
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Ahhh, NO! The systems are not interconnected as you think and they (District Property Management) cannot move water anywhere they want. There are various zone of the system and water can easily be moved between basins within a zone and in a few cases north of 44 some movement is available between zones, but this is rare. Go to the districtgov.org website and you can find the storm water management system diagrams that clearly show this
Useful Maps .
With respect to the comment about filling the Eastport ponds, did they bring in a mini-TBM (tunnel boring machine) to put in the pipes to move the water, Noooo. This is a completely different zone, not connected to the Monarch Grove/Linden, Middleton, StC., West Lakes, or Fenny zones. There are no connections between these zones, no pipe under the turnpike, or pipes connecting them under the Warm Springs, 470, or Water Lilly bridges.
Where did all the water go? It's reclaimed and used for irrigation and for inventory management. Throughout the summer the water is extensively moved to keep the water levels low in the basins in preparation of a hurricane hitting and dumping a lot of water in the area. The success of this was very clear to everyone who lived here when Irma hit (6 years ago? wow time flys!)
Some presentations were given on this a few years ago and can be found at
District Workshops .
Those living on the basins should take a few minutes to read their deed restrictions and home sale contract, particularly the section on the basin water level, you'll find that they clearly state the water levels are not guaranteed, and that you acknowledged and agreed to this.
One last thing, storm drains are generally gravity drains and may have lift stations, the water you hear moving in this if from things like street drains collecting yard irrigation runoff. When the water is moved it is through dedicated pipes and forced mains by pumps, these pumps are located in the small unmarked buildings located near some ponds and basins. If they were going to move water in the storm drains we'd have quite the show on our hands as the water came gushing out of the street drains. The study of fluid dynamics long ago proved that water was lazy and will alway take the path of least resistance.
