[NJblue]

Originally Posted by homeball

Tall water towers are necessary to generate the necessary water pressure via the law of gravity. A tower 70 ft tall will generate at least 30 psi of discharge pressure. A so called water tower of no significant height off the ground would generate very little pressure and be of no practical use. That's why we have numerous tall towers around TV.

Well, explain to me why the well at the intersection of Morse and Bonita as well as the well near Bonifay have no tall towers? Just a different method of storing water at a high point for distribution to lower points.

[Hancle704]

Rode through the area the other evening, glad to learn the odor had not originated from within the car.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Hancle704

Rode through the area the other evening, glad to learn the odor had not originated from within the car.

Made me laugh. Thanks

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by Hancle704

Rode through the area the other evening, glad to learn the odor had not originated from within the car.

That'll usually happen after a trip to Krystal up in Ocala.......

Bill

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by NJblue

Well, explain to me why the well at the intersection of Morse and Bonita as well as the well near Bonifay have no tall towers? Just a different method of storing water at a high point for distribution to lower points.

Don't need tall towers if the stored water is PUMPED into the system from the low storage tank. The pumps provide the line pressure to move the water.


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[NJblue]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

Don't need tall towers if the stored water is PUMPED into the system from the low storage tank. The pumps provide the line pressure to move the water.


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That's what I was figuring as well. Regardless of how they move the water from the well near Bonifay into the system, the tank that is there is not any type of sewage treatment plant and should produce no odors.

[keithwand]

Originally Posted by AlanC

Can someone tell me exactly where the foul order is in Fernandina?

We reserved a lot in Unit 207 last month and may need to make a change if this is a persistent problem.

We spent quite a bit of time walking around the vacant lots, the country club, the area by the starter shack (below the water tower construction project), as well as by the pool and mailboxes without noticing any foul orders.

We’re returning next month and would like to spend some additional time in this area of concern.

Thanks.

We just bought a lot on Braddock Ct 2 days ago and visited it the next 2 days.
Had lunch outside at Bonifay (great burger) and
DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING!!
Believe me if we had we would not have bought there and I had read this before coming back.
Its an all Premier neighbor hood and no way would they have put it there if it stunk.

[shcisamax]

This thread has me extremely concerned. I just came back from TV having put my deposit down on a very nice golf view site right near the Club. I do NOT want to build a house on a site beginning of April if it is impacted by a bad smell or sitting on a toxic landfill. I can live with temporary but if this is a permanent issue.....Does anyone have any further information on this. Who do you call at TV besides your salesperson to find out the truth? Yikes!

[shcisamax]

This thread has me extremely concerned. I just came back from TV having put my deposit down on a very nice golf view site right near the Club. I do NOT want to build a house on a site beginning of April if is impacted by a bad smell or sitting on a toxic landfill. Does anyone have any further information on this. Who do you call at TV besides your salesperson to find out the truth? Yikes!

[angiefox10]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

This thread has me extremely concerned. I just came back from TV having put my deposit down on a very nice golf view site right near the Club. I do NOT want to build a house on a site beginning of April if is impacted by a bad smell or sitting on a toxic landfill. Does anyone have any further information on this. Who do you call at TV besides your salesperson to find out the truth? Yikes!

It seems that none of the people who bought lots and built homes smell anything. I haven't and you didn't.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by homeball

Speaking of foul odors, sewer processing plants and other things, here is a picture taken on Jan 13, 2012 of what appears to be a processing plant/facility of some sort off Bonifay Path across the street from the Bonifay Country Club. As is the custom it is hidden from the road by high bushes and one has to give a good hard look to discover it. Anyone interested can take a drive down and check it out.

Originally Posted by shcisamax

This thread has me extremely concerned. I just came back from TV having put my deposit down on a very nice golf view site right near the Club. I do NOT want to build a house on a site beginning of April if it is impacted by a bad smell or sitting on a toxic landfill. I can live with temporary but if this is a permanent issue.....Does anyone have any further information on this. Who do you call at TV besides your salesperson to find out the truth? Yikes!

Did you check out the area mentioned by Homeball? Are you near a retention pond? The only bad smells I've experienced have come from ponds near Maintenance Buildings, not sure if they are sewer related.

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Did you check out the area mentioned by Homeball? Are you near a retention pond? The only bad smells I've experienced have come from ponds near Maintenance Buildings, not sure if they are sewer related.

This is NOT a processing plant. There is an identical tank near the intersection of Bonita and Morse and no one complains of odors from it. The fact that there is a well at both places as well is not just a coincidence. If you visit the processing plant on BV near Bonifay (by Bacall golf course) you will see that a real processing plant looks nothing like what is at Bonifay and at Bonita/Morse.

[Jim 9922]

The smell was very strong in September and October but not so strong in late December. We noticed no smell during a recent visit to the area. Maybe it was a combination of hot days, heavy doses of of organic based fertlizer and heavy watering drawn from stagnant ponds. At that time they were "grassing in" the golf courses and common areas so everything was going full blast.

Many golf courses use organic fertlizer as part of their maintenance programs. In fact, Milorganite produced by the Milwaukee sewage plant is the most widely used, including in TV. It has its own unique smell for a few days after application (so good that the locals use it as a deer repellent). But the September-October smell was not Milorganite.

[keithwand]

We will be building on Braddock CT in Fernandina. We had lunch at Bonifay and visited our site by car and golf cart.

The only smell we got was the gas golf cart provided by TV.

Every once in a while FL gets an early morning smell that I have noticed in Orlando, Tampa and when I visited my parents in Sun City. I chalk it up to it smells like FL!

Ever smell a paper/ pulp mill? Now thats bad.

We are very happy with our decision. If you are not try and get refund and look for another lot.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I just noticed the Pimlico smell today as I was driving on Belvedere, quite pungent. In four winters, I've only noticed the smell once near Pimlico. But I have noticed it often in a few other pond areas.

I was told it is because the store fertilizer there?????????