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To contact the City of Mount Dora about
issues affecting Lake John:
George Marek
Public Works Director
marekg@cityofmountdora.com
(352) 735-3151
Mark Decosta
Public Works Supervisor
decostam@cityofmountdora.com
(352) 735-7151
Vince Sandersfeld
City Manager
cmoffice@cityofmountdora.com
(352) 735-7126
Mayor James Homich
jhomich@earthlink.net
(352) 901-0986
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PAST UPDATES
Information about water hyacinth from the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC):
The growth rate of water-hyacinth is among the highest of any known plant. In Florida, water-hyacinth populations can double their size in as little as two weeks by sending off short runner stems that develop new plants (daughter plants). Water-hyacinth also has the ability to reproduce by seeds.
Environmental damage caused by water-hyacinth populations:
- Water-hyacinth mats lower dissolved-oxygen concentrations, damaging fish populations.
- One acre of water-hyacinth can deposit as much as 500 tons of rotting plant material on the bottom of a waterway yearly.
- Water-hyacinth mats provide ideal breeding environments for mosquitoes.
- Water-hyacinth populations decrease biodiversity in Florida.
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE INVASIVE WATER HYACINTH ON LAKE JOHN!
Video was filmed January 24, 2022
The problem is worse now!
(Click "Watch on YouTube" if you want to watch full screen)
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THE VIDEO BELOW DISCUSSES WATER HYACINTH IN FLORIDA
AND SHOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN
WHEN INVASIVE WATER HYACINTH GOES UNTREATED!
(Click "Watch on YouTube" if you want to watch full screen)