Developer's Pasco water world is largest man-made lagoon in US

Metro Development Group has gone from first to largest — at least when it comes to lagoons. 

On the latter, the Tampa-based firm, which specializes in master-planned communities, officially opened a lagoon in Mirada, in Pasco County, in June. At 15 acres, the company says it’s the largest man-made lagoon in the country. The Mirada Lagoon follows two others the company has built, including the first one ever in the country, which opened in 2018 in Epperson, also in Pasco. 

The lagoons, company officials say in a statement, give residents “the opportunity to live a coastal lifestyle in the suburbs of Pasco County,” with “shoreline areas that provide ample space for lounging, events and entertainment.”