MRHELLO, I don't have BC in any of my ponds. That was a hypothetical example of what could happen in the real world.
esshup, Sunil, and jludwig: thanks for your thoughts on this matter. I admit to being surprised that there were so few responses. Many of us have ponds, but the species of fish present, the sizes of the ponds themselves, and the aquatic vegetation can all differ considerably from one members location to the next.
However, the one thing we all have in common, coast to coast, is that somewhere in our ponds is a provision, or pipe, or structure to allow excess water to escape. And with it, possibly some fish.
Either I'm crazy for even bringing the subject up, or there hasn't been any legal proceedings brought to bear against a pondowner that made the national news. Out of sight, out of mind.
Where I live, If you had complained 60 years ago that you didn't like your neighbor's sewage running down the ditch in front of your house, you would've been considered a nut. Most of the county residents did it. Try it now.
30 years ago, we didn't have a county landfill. Everyone had their own "dump", in a holler somewhere. No matter the runoff drained onto your neighbors property. That's a fasttrack to a lawsuit these days.
5 years ago, if you had asked the guy sitting next to you in the bleachers at the high school football game, to put out his cigarette because you didn't appreciate breathing second-hand smoke, you mighta' got a poke in the eye. Now, he puts it out or he's removed by security.
In a lawsuit happy society just looking for something to bring to their attorney's attention, it's only a matter of time before a pondmeister somewhere has to toe the line and pay the piper.
