JPA President, Tom Dente, sent this message today:

I spoke with GMP about the current pond situation. They informed me that they are aware of the flooding and high level of the pond and have taken all steps to reduce the level. However, it will take about 2 days to return to normal. Here is his answer:

"As you can imagine, lots of runoff this spring followed by more rain has kept the ponds and rivers pretty high but continuing to monitor and move water out of Joes pond as efficiently as we can.”

We thank Tom for keeping the power company aware of the situation, and we know that GMP does not have complete control over how the water level in Joe's Pond is managed. The Public Service Board and the Agency of Natural Resources people make the decisions. They continue to "go by the book," i.e. the books they studied in college, or else they go along with what someone else has told them in the past, and exercise no common sense about what is actually happening. As you can tell, this is a sore subject for me.