This is an environmental issue in addition to being an eyesore.
There is so much sediment, in this once beautiful waterway, that ducks and geese can "walk on water". The sediment is from construction (date unknown) up stream that was not properly screened.
A trampoline blew into the pond a few YEARS ago. The owner has not gone into retrieve it and it hasn't sunk or moved because of the sediment build up.
The director of public works was contacted regarding the sediment issue in 2011, but without a response or direction on how to handle it and the pollutants impacting this hidden natural habitat.
There are beavers upstream, a variety of ducks, Canadian geese, a pair of swans have returned already this year, a white heron and a blue heron visit from time to time. The duckling and goslings quickly disappear as the to- close- to- the- surface overpopulation of snapping turtles are quick to prey on them.
Whatever fish were in Rubber Mill Pond do not grow past the fry stage because the water is not deep enough and there air flow isn't enough to support the once ample pan fish population.
The only things that grow on this pond are water lilies (they need to be weeded out somehow), more sediment buildup and surface pollution.
There are homes around the Rubber Mill Pond and along the stream in either direction. Some neighbors keep their backyards along the Pond's edge clean, neat and cohabit well the animals/fish that make their homes there. Others use the land that extends from their backyard to the Pond's edge as a private dumping ground. Maybe they don't realize the neighbors on the opposite side can see the litter; some of which ends up on the Pond and adds to the problem at hand.
It would be amazing for Rubber Mill Pond to restored to it original health, or close to it, with a fluid water flow and a sanctuary for fish, fowl and water animals and pollution free.

Flooding on Rubber Mill Pond taken 3-30-2010. The water is moving fast, but the trampoline doesn't budge. Trampoline is toward the back of the picture.

Picture dated July 2010. Shows the overgrowth of water lilies and trampoline stuck in the muck.

Newest guest on Rubber Mill Pond. Does anyone know what kind of duck this is?

Ducks in January. The usual gathering under an fallen tree, but when there isn't ice. The water fowl don't have to swim. Due to the sediment build up, the water is only a few inches deep allowing them to "walk on water".

Wood duck in the pic

that's not bad, go down the begining of millbrook road where the pump station is, there are 3 houses on the other side of the road 2 big ones and an old run down one. now go to dorothy drive and between deerfield and hillcrest, look behind the houses across the pond-you will be disgusted by what you see---is this water pollution?

What you refer to does not show up on google earth.

Good luck getting anyone from the city to help on this. They are incompetent and lazy.

Hi Peggy. Jim Salemi from the Middletown Press here. Could you please call or email me if you see this post? My number is 860.347.3331 ext. 288 and my email is jsalemi@ middletownpress.com. I'm curious if there is any public access to the pond so I could check it out and take some photos. Thanks. -Jim S.

Hi Peggy. Jim Salemi from the Middletown Press here. Could you please call or email me if you see this post? My number is 860.347.3331 ext. 288 and my email is jsalemi@ middletownpress.com. I'm curious if there is any public access to the pond so I could check it out and take some photos. Thanks. -Jim S.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been contacted. Some welcomed action and relief are expected now! We can only hope!!!!! The situation is much much worse than ever! HORRIBLE MESS!!!!

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