This "lake" is the retention pond just mentioned, and all that water in it is all stormwater. If you've ever driven on one of the main roads in Florida for some time (a good example being the Florida Turnpike), at some point you've probably seen what looks like a relatively small lake on the side of the highway. After the clouds clear and the stormwater is collecting on the ground, it's directed into a stormwater retention pond. So with all this water coming down and around Florida, how is it not an island yet? Where does all this extra water go, especially after a storm? That's where stormwater retention ponds come in and help out way more than you may realize.įlorida isn't wasteful with the water we're given, especially stormwater since there's so much of it every year. It's surrounded by water, it rains.a LOT, and hurricane season can be a brutal time. There's no other way around it, Florida is wet.
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