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Miller Lake residents urge county to block downstream permits and pursue pumping options
Summary
Several Miller Lake residents told the Volusia County Council they are still seeing unusually high lake levels and asked the county to fight St. Johns River Water Management District permits they say add runoff into the basin; staff said the county is working with the agency but legal revocation of permits is controlled by St. Johns.
Dozens of residents near Miller Lake told the Volusia County Council on July 22 that their yards remain flooded and asked county officials to push for revocation of a 2017 St. Johns Water Management District permit the neighbors blame for higher lake levels. Residents said additional permits for nearby developments — including retail and hospital projects they said are seeking stormwater approvals — will increase runoff that ultimately flows into Miller Lake.
The pleas came during the meeting’s public-participation period, when David Hill of Miller Road said the lake’s water is at levels he has not seen before and asked the council to “fight those permits and protect your property and ours.” Peggy Hill and Catherine Levinson, who also identified themselves as Miller Lake residents, showed photos and said yards and roads remain inundated and that the neighborhood could flood again in the next…
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