Services Provided to the Community

The District is responsible for the maintenance and repair of certain areas within the district boundaries, which include portions of the St. Lucie Business Park, the Villages of Lake Lucie residential community, and includes the maintenance of lakes, a fountain, swales, and preservation wetland areas. The entranceway, common area landscaping, street lighting, and general areas in need of improvement are also maintained. The day to day operations are handled by the CDD Board, the Field Manager, and the District Management Firm.

Storm Water Management System

The lake system is designed not only to receive and convey stormwater but also to store and improve the stormwater quality through filtration of nutrients by the soil and littoral plants in and around the lakes.

The lake system is divided into drainage basins. These basins usually consist of a series of inter-connected lakes that receive stormwater run-off from the surrounding area and store that stormwater to a certain control elevation. While the stormwater is staged in these basins it seeps into the surrounding ground. Additionally, sediments and impurities are allowed to settle out, be absorbed by aquatic plants, or broken down by natural bacteria in the lake thus improving the storm water quality.

Lakes

The lake shore (or littoral zone) is the shallow area along the shoreline of a lake or pond that supports diverse communities of rooted plants and serves as food, habitat, and protective shelter for fish, insects, amphibians, birds, reptiles, and other animals. These diverse plant communities also provide cover and nesting materials for a variety of wild birds and mammals. Management of the littoral zone is often necessary in systems altered by humans, and they stabilize the shoreline which mitigates the erosive potential of rain runoff.

Stormwater systems eventually discharge into preserve areas and run out of the community.

Irrigation

The District owns irrigation pumps and lines that provide irrigation to the 156 residential units.