Originally posted by Shorty:
Overflow events from ponds upstream will always be much harder to control.
Shorty,
I agree with you in the general case and should have stated that way....in my case, which I was talking about, there is zero risk from upstream ponds, but proven risk from commercial fish stocking.
To use Gator's logic, which I agree with, in the general case an upstream pond could get stocked with unwanted fish from a commercial source and those fish could cause downstream implications in an overflow event. So, without even knowing it happened or certainly ever intending for it to happen, the upstream owner can and does sometimes cause downstream events simply by buying fish commercially.
We all can and should take reasonable precautions, IMO, but protecting everyone from everyone else by law or whatever just isn't going to happen.
