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Big Sand Lake residents ask Orange County for $1 million toward permanent pump station
Summary
Residents of the Big Sand Lake community urged the Board during public comment to fund a permanent pump station to address chronic flooding and lake health; advisory board members said repeated emergency pumping is unsustainable.
During the public comment portion of the July 16 budget workshop, residents from the Big Sand Lake area told commissioners their neighborhood is increasingly vulnerable to flooding and environmental harm and asked the county to contribute $1 million toward a permanent pump station.
John Jennings, chairman of the Big Sand Lake Advisory Board, described a history of rising lake levels, submerged docks and septic systems stressed by standing water. He and a neighbor, Richard Grama, said stormwater from surrounding basins drains into Big Sand Lake and that reduced outflow control — including a…
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