Storm Water Detention Pond Repairs

Springleaf Circle has 168 homes send storm water runoff into the street and down into a detention pond at the horseshoe curve of the subdivision.  The majority of the homes and the majority of the water comes from Windy Hill Forest HOA.  A picture of the area is below.

Every development of homes is required to have a storm water routing arrangement so that water is collected and temporarily detained. The idea is to impede flash flooding during heavy storms.  After the storm passes, the detained water gradually spills down its natural path.  Our water eventually flows into Rottenwood creek.

Our detention pond is 30 years old and appears to never have been maintained.  The City of Smyrna has stepped up its inspection of storm water collection systems, and has asked us to make repairs.  This is really an extension of courtesy on their part.  If they wanted to be adversarial, they could ask the State Environmental Protection Department and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to issue orders compelling us to act and dramatically increasing our costs by requiring expert legal assistance.

The work involves trimming back brush, overgrowth and debris, but it also includes a major repair to a dam structure at the far southeast end of the pond.

What this means for Windy Hill Forest Homeowners' Association, Inc.  We are alerting the HOA that these costs may require a $100 special assessment per home.  We are working on ways to arrange contribution from the neighboring property, and we are stepping up collection activities on the small minority of homes with past due accounts.  

This is the dam wall that needs repair.