[SusanStCatherine]

Has anyone read the rules for posting?

[Escape Artist]

What’s all this Jerry and Linda bashing??? They seem like nice people who give their take on living in TV. They always state they are giving their opinions but do try and find out answers to questions that viewers send them. They are certainly not rah-rah, pro-company as they’ve often been critical or at least questioning about TV operations of all kinds. I found them very informative and helpful before moving to TV especially since I was coming from out of state and did not know the area very well. However, I haven’t watched their YouTube videos in a couple of years so perhaps they’ve changed their content and emphasis.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by SusanStCatherine

Has anyone read the rules for posting?

Every reply, connected to a post.............is a "comment towards another user".

Jus like this post.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Robojo

I agree with the poster this persons response was uncalled for, didn't add value to the post. And was downright RUDE.

I agree.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Escape Artist

However, I haven’t watched their YouTube videos in a couple of years so perhaps they’ve changed their content and emphasis.

You need to watch a few seconds of one of their videos, to get the full effect.

[maistocars]

Originally Posted by frayedends

Based on Jerry and Linda’s answer I wonder if they are partnering with the Villages. Eastport would be Lake County. Although I would think the developer wouldn’t need a partner.

Eastport will be in Sumter County.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by SusanStCatherine

Has anyone read the rules for posting?

Was that directed to anyone in particular?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by GizmoWhiskers

Lol the water levels in the ponds N of 44 are down so far there are soon going to be plenty of "lagoon" beaches in the N parts of T V. Grab a towel, sand castle bucket and beach chair and make it a day right in your own areas without needing to head S of 44.

I saw a post a while back of people who paid premiums on "waterfront" lots complaining about the weeds and unkept grass growth in the water depleted ponds. Very upset waterfront lol owners.

Curious but how are the ponds doing from say St Catherine and Fenney areas towards 44?

I ask because I get that surface water and water management in general enables T V to build and fill ponds but I find it interesting, having just taken a jolly-ride through the new "center of T V", that the new sales areas by Eastport have full water levels in them, no beaches lol and other areas of T V are down what looks like about 5 - 6 ft.

I believe I have heard that T V moves water around. Just wondering if they need to move water back toward houses that they already sold or does the rain mysteriously fill sale areas first, wink wink?

The areas North of 44 and South of 44 are on two completely different pumping systems.

They cannot move water "from the south" up "to the north"...

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

Jerry and Linda, of the “Newcomers”, are lovely people just trying to help. Love it when they show going to the store or just driving around!

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com

Jerry and Linda, of the “Newcomers”, are lovely people just trying to help. Love it when they show going to the store or just driving around!

Agreed. They are a nice and friendly couple. They are the first to admit their channel is for entertainment purposes only. There is nothing wrong with us pointing that out. If you want REAL answers, look for a better source.

For the correct answer on this particular thread, the expert is Don Wiley/Gold Wing Nut. He took the time to give a thorough response on this thread. If you really want to know if a lagoon is coming to the Villages, read his post.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

Agreed. They are a nice and friendly couple. They are the first to admit their channel is for entertainment purposes only. There is nothing wrong with us pointing that out. If you want REAL answers, look for a better source.

For the correct answer on this particular thread, the expert is Don Wiley/Gold Wing Nut. He took the time to give a thorough response on this thread. If you really want to know if a lagoon is coming to the Villages, read his post.

The trouble with Mr Don, is he deals in facts, and that's no fun at all.
Does nice videos though!

[Craig Vernon]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Trolls .... D.Wilson has been on this site for years and is certainly not a troll. The regular TOTV users can just read a post and know who wrote it. You would do well to just hang around and get the feel for the various posters before calling them out.

Ditto

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Lisanp@aol.com

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!

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.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

The trouble with Mr Don, is he deals in facts, and that's no fun at all.
Does nice videos though!

He is so much better than Google.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

...

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.

...

Thanks Don, very interesting.

Where does that water come from to rapidly fill new ponds like those in Eastport?