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But when 1,4-dioxane was documented in tap water of Lake Mary, Sanford and Seminole County in 2013 and 2014, the county and cities were left adrift, according to government documents and recent ...
Seminole County (/ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ n oʊ l /, SEM-i-nohl) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 470,856, making it the 13th-most populated county in Florida. [1] [2] Its county seat and largest city is Sanford. [3]
The Black Hammock Wilderness Area is a 700-acre (2.8 km 2) joint purchase between Seminole County, Florida and the St. Johns River Water Management District. [2] It was acquired as part of a comprehensive effort to preserve significant habitat along the shores of Lake Jesup.
In 2003, a committee predominantly composed of real estate developers was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to solve Florida's water disparity. Members were selected from the lobby group Council of 100 and in a 2003 report proposed "a system that enables water distribution from water-rich areas to water-poor areas," or the transfer of water through pipelines from the state's northern regions to ...
The safety of the drinking-water supply is everyone’s business. Judging by the surge of response to the Sentinel’s recent “Toxic Secret” investigation, Seminole County residents understand ...
A day after an Orlando Sentinel investigation revealed that a toxic chemical has contaminated drinking water in northwest Seminole County for years, county officials on Wednesday posted a brief ...
Two major central Florida roadways that run near the lake are State Road 415 and Interstate 4. It forms the border of Seminole County and Volusia County It is the 8th largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area, after Lake Jesup, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. Roadways on the lake that suffered intense flooding due to Tropical Storm Fay in 2008.
For years and even decades, tens of thousands of people in northwest Seminole County, Lake Mary and Sanford have been drinking water containing a toxic industrial chemical at varying ...