Pond at Scott City Park too low

Southeast Missourian

The Scott City Park Board is looking for ways to fix a problem plaguing the city park pond.

During times of little rain, the pond's water level becomes lower than it should despite the dry conditions. City parks director Phyllis Crump said it's still unknown what's causing the low water level, whether the watershed just isn't big enough to feed the quarter-acre pond or if animals are starting to undermine the levee that retains the pond's water.

The park board is considering creating a half-acre pond with a new levee, but before that's done the board wants to find out how much water is available to feed the pond. John Niederkorn has been contracted to create a system by which water that currently collects on the park's parking lot will be diverted into the pond -- a project that will cost $1,300, paid through the park board's budget.

Crump said the pond was built in the early 1970s, but the low-water problems have only developed in the last few years.

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