Water only runs through the spillway when the pond is full. An emergency spillway should have vegetation to prevent erosion but not to the extent that water is blocked from passing through efficiently ...

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $355,300 contract Wednesday to repair the southern Washington County pond's banks and spillway, as well as to dredge the pond and install a new liner.

Mike Watson is working with neighbors to save the large pond at the center of their Hampstead-area neighborhood. A spillway was built on an adjacent property when the original overflow for the ...

A brand-new retaining pond was built with a spillway pointed at homes. Neighbors tell 5 On Your Side that's one of several concerns they have with water runoff from a new development.