Bridgewater CDD - Sump Information 

The sumps within the community are a stormwater permit condition of the environmental resource permit (ERP) enforced by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) for the Bridgewater community. The sumps are designed and required to provide pretreatment to the runoff generated by the homeowner lots, sidewalks, roadways, and any other impervious surface in the community per the permit criteria of the SWFWMD ERP before direct discharge to the lakes. Each sump is intended to retain a minimum of 4” of runoff volume per sump and percolate that retained runoff over a 72-hour period of recovery. Some sumps may recover faster or slower than others based on soil conditions. The functionality of these sumps is officially required to be certified for compliance every 5 years by SWFWMD, however, the CDD does review the conditions on a more frequent basis at their board meetings and has generated a sump improvement plan for areas that have historically had functionality concerns.