[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Altavia

Amazing how quickly they can fill the large lakes around Eastport/Middleton.

Google Maps show huge areas of surface water south off 470 so maybe they are pumping that out to prepare the land for construction?

Watched a YouTube video about the underground caverns & deep springs in central Florida. Running out of water will never be an issue. Building another Ark might be.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Dkintzer

If you’re newer to Florida, you wouldn’t know, but, building codes in FL require that for every X amt of sq ft of buildings there needs to be a retention/drainage pond for water run off for storms. (If you haven’t been here in the summer, the regular afternoon storms are wicked!) Up in Jacksonville we couldn’t blacktop our office parking lot because there wasn’t enough room for a run off area. Not all retention areas are full of H2O. Look at some of the deep gouges in the ground around highways or on the sides or back of strip malls. These are the same as our “ponds”, just not filled with H2O. As far as running out of the liquid stuff…if you dig down you’ll hit it. It’s why there are no basements in most places in FL. They would just be big pools! I believe I read somewhere that no matter how many folks lived here this state wouldn’t run out of H2O for centuries.😎💦

Once we were in a deluge summer afternoon downpour at the mall in Gainsville. In just a few minutes, the entire parking lot was flooded above the curbs & it looked like a large lake! Then the rain stopped & within a few minutes there were only a few puddles left & blue skies
& sun returned. Amazing.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Maker

Filled ponds certainly have the appearance of looking a lot nicer to most people.
Must be just a coincidence that's only happening in areas where developer is selling lots of houses.

When the summer rainy season & hurricane season come starting in June you’ll be glad they started out low. Hurricane season is predicted to bring above-average named storms (est. 21 or so) not all will bring a lot of rain to TV but any that do could bring huge amounts

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

They are sourced from different aquifers, North of 466.

Villages water saving efforts garner praise | News | The Villages Daily Sun | thevillagesdailysun.com.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

[Ignatz]

Originally Posted by Glowing Horizon

Welcome to EPA federal govt mandated low-flow shower heads. Aren’t they awful?

Awful until a simple adjustment was made.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by billdozer

These ponds near the four Golf Courses in Marion County were previously balanced by transferring water from one pond to another.
The water containing the fertilizer and weed chemicals was pumped or gravity fed through corrugated large diameter metal pipes. Drainage pipes not designed for pressurized usage. These pipes were installed under the streets of most neighborhoods by the Developer. These pipes failed as the result of their 20 years of misuse. The end result showed two homes being condemmed and well over a million and 1/2 dollars for replacement and relining absorbed by CDD4. These ponds are now renewed by mother nature and she has not for the last few weeks.

May I ask where you found that information?

Not debating it, but a source would be nice...

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

May I ask where you found that information?

Not debating it, but a source would be nice...

Those of us who have read this Forum for many years have heard so many things repeated many times.

Usually the overwhelming majority of readers are pretty satisfied with their life here and how things are managed and then there are a few ANONYMOUS readers who seem to have some issue with the place and how it's managed. I almost always wonder who these folks really are. Do they really live here, or do they live outside and are not yet old enough to retire, or cannot manage the cost to live here, or are they folks who would like to develop an area close by and be sort of competition to the Morses? Are they people who have never ever been here and have sort of a general negative feeling about all large successful businesses and enjoy using the word "greed" to describe those people who own them.

Then a few folks really do believe that the development of land has caused the sinkholes within, that the construction of buildings and structures is second class and shoddy and that the trash disappears magically from the streets and roadways and the buildings and fences paint themselves, and those same people may have never looked at the chairs and tables for example in the rec centers, let alone the CHANDELIERS, different in each one and usually quite superior and beautifully chosen.......and you get where I'm going.

As you can see I am a huge fan of the Morses and hope someday to shake one of their hands in person....but they'd better find me soon because I'll soon be 85.

[JGibson]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I certainly hope the water for your shower does not come from one of the drainage ponds.

Low water pressure in the northern section *MIGHT* be due to many people ignoring the recommendations and choosing to water their lawns on the same day at the same time. (might be due to any number of other things as well)

If only they allowed desert lawns.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Those of us who have read this Forum for many years have heard so many things repeated many times.

Usually the overwhelming majority of readers are pretty satisfied with their life here and how things are managed and then there are a few ANONYMOUS readers who seem to have some issue with the place and how it's managed. I almost always wonder who these folks really are. Do they really live here, or do they live outside and are not yet old enough to retire, or cannot manage the cost to live here, or are they folks who would like to develop an area close by and be sort of competition to the Morses? Are they people who have never ever been here and have sort of a general negative feeling about all large successful businesses and enjoy using the word "greed" to describe those people who own them.

Then a few folks really do believe that the development of land has caused the sinkholes within, that the construction of buildings and structures is second class and shoddy and that the trash disappears magically from the streets and roadways and the buildings and fences paint themselves, and those same people may have never looked at the chairs and tables for example in the rec centers, let alone the CHANDELIERS, different in each one and usually quite superior and beautifully chosen.......and you get where I'm going.

As you can see I am a huge fan of the Morses and hope someday to shake one of their hands in person....but they'd better find me soon because I'll soon be 85.

So, it's nothing but rumor and conjecture... Color me not surprised...

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Those of us who have read this Forum for many years have heard so many things repeated many times.

Usually the overwhelming majority of readers are pretty satisfied with their life here and how things are managed and then there are a few ANONYMOUS readers who seem to have some issue with the place and how it's managed. I almost always wonder who these folks really are. Do they really live here, or do they live outside and are not yet old enough to retire, or cannot manage the cost to live here, or are they folks who would like to develop an area close by and be sort of competition to the Morses? Are they people who have never ever been here and have sort of a general negative feeling about all large successful businesses and enjoy using the word "greed" to describe those people who own them.

Then a few folks really do believe that the development of land has caused the sinkholes within, that the construction of buildings and structures is second class and shoddy and that the trash disappears magically from the streets and roadways and the buildings and fences paint themselves, and those same people may have never looked at the chairs and tables for example in the rec centers, let alone the CHANDELIERS, different in each one and usually quite superior and beautifully chosen.......and you get where I'm going.

As you can see I am a huge fan of the Morses and hope someday to shake one of their hands in person....but they'd better find me soon because I'll soon be 85.

Happy Birthday!

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Those of us who have read this Forum for many years have heard so many things repeated many times.

Usually the overwhelming majority of readers are pretty satisfied with their life here and how things are managed and then there are a few ANONYMOUS readers who seem to have some issue with the place and how it's managed. I almost always wonder who these folks really are. Do they really live here, or do they live outside and are not yet old enough to retire, or cannot manage the cost to live here, or are they folks who would like to develop an area close by and be sort of competition to the Morses? Are they people who have never ever been here and have sort of a general negative feeling about all large successful businesses and enjoy using the word "greed" to describe those people who own them.

Then a few folks really do believe that the development of land has caused the sinkholes within, that the construction of buildings and structures is second class and shoddy and that the trash disappears magically from the streets and roadways and the buildings and fences paint themselves, and those same people may have never looked at the chairs and tables for example in the rec centers, let alone the CHANDELIERS, different in each one and usually quite superior and beautifully chosen.......and you get where I'm going.

As you can see I am a huge fan of the Morses and hope someday to shake one of their hands in person....but they'd better find me soon because I'll soon be 85.

So...I’m confused. On a different thread (Evening with Developer), I thought I remember you saying you’ve attended some or most? (Stand to be corrected) I read where Mark Morse , after speaking.... leaves the room fairly quickly. I’m wondering why no brief meet and greets with the residents who bought in to the concept. I’ve yet to attend my first EWD but would love to see him hang around for a minute or two...when I do.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

So...I’m confused. On a different thread (Evening with Developer), I thought I remember you saying you’ve attended some or most? (Stand to be corrected) I read where Mark Morse , after speaking.... leaves the room fairly quickly. I’m wondering why no brief meet and greets with the residents who bought in to the concept. I’ve yet to attend my first EWD but would love to see him hang around for a minute or two...when I do.

Why?

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Why?

Self explanatory

I’m just as complimentary of the developer as anyone on here. As the poster stated, as a long time resident, she has never met the man. Why is availing yourself for 10-20 minutes after an event or ‘shaking hands’ with your ‘investors’ such an unreasonable expectation?

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by Flyers999

Seems Ok today. Probably was from everyone watering their lawns at that time, which is routine and doesn't usually affect me. I don't usually shower that early too.

in re: to water flow, and i'm sure you heard this before, but there is a way to increase the power of water flow by removing some tab or whatever. a handyman did mine. (channeling another thread: a Seinfeld episode explains the need for increased water pressure in the shower!)

[GoPacers]

Originally Posted by Glowing Horizon

Watched a YouTube video about the underground caverns & deep springs in central Florida. Running out of water will never be an issue. Building another Ark might be.

Really??? Did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night too?

You should talk to the companies that supply the pumps that extract water from the aquifers for wells and understand how the demand for pumps with deeper capabilities is changing.

Or read almost any of the articles on the depletion of the aquifers. Call those articles fake news if you want but the data on the pumps is pretty compelling evidence there is a huge issue facing this state unless we figure out how to efficiently process seawater.