LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Frustrated Lake Bonny residents and Lakeland city leaders agreed on one thing Monday: the pump to release water from their neighborhoods is not working efficiently enough.

Hundreds of Polk County and Lakeland ... Once Hurricane Milton had passed and rain ended, Smith said crews immediately headed out to assess the levels of the city's lakes and see whether water ...

The City of Lakeland has a pump, as pictured here, installed on Lake Bonny to help pump excess water back into Lake Parker as per a permit with Southwest Florida Water Management District.

the City of Lakeland announced late Tuesday agreements with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Polk County to get water moving out of the flooded lake.