West Meadows containes over 60 lakes, ponds and retention ponds - all of them operated under permits issued by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). The nature and type of vegetation growing in the ponds is not discretionary with the Association but rather is mandatory by the SWFWMD Permit. The type and amount of herbicide and/or algae treatment used in/on the ponds is also the subject of the SWFWMD Permit. Algae and surface growth on the lakes and ponds is cyclical and a naturally reoccurring event. Many homeowners expect a constant clear and pristine body of water. This is not natural or realistic. The Association treats each lake and pond according to the limitations imposed by the SWFWMD Permit. Often when a lake or pond is treated the result will not be immediate. The surface growth must be given time to die off and sink to the bottom.
Levels of lakes and ponds in West Meadows vary according to rainfall. All of the lakes and ponds in West Meadows are designed to work together insofar as flood control is concerned. Tampering with weirs, dams or flood control devices is prohibited. Dumping anything including but not limited to lawn clippings into any lake or pond is a very serious and irresponsible act of pollution and is prohibited.
Homeowners whose property is adjacent to any lake or pond are obligated to maintain their lawns to the edge of the water of any lake or pond. Internal combustion engines are prohibited on any boat used on any lake or pond in West Meadows except on the vendor boat used to professionally spray/treat the lake or pond.
The Lakes Committee is a standing advisory committee to the West Meadows Board of Directors and has jurisdiction over all lakes, ponds and retention ponds.
Please report any site problems to our Community Association Manager, Lloyd Rials, at (813) 263-5905 or lrials@greenacreproperties.com.