Low Water Levels in Woodstock Navy Club Pond

Friday, 19 June 2026 06:44

Woodstock Navy Pond on June 17th, 2026 (Staff photo)

The water levels have been about 12 to 16 inches below the overflow since 2024.

WOODSTOCK - The Oxford County Naval Veterans Association, also known as the Woodstock Navy Club, is calling for a solution.

The water levels have been down for a few years now, after crews hit the vein of water that feeds the pond while building an addition to the engineering building across the street back in 2024. The water levels have been about 12 to 16 inches below the overflow since then. It had previously been at the overflow all summer long because it's a spring fed pond.

The club presented a delegation to Woodstock City Council in August of 2025. A motion was passed to hire a consultant to look into the matter and figure out a solution.

The Navy Club met with Aecom (the consultant) and the city's engineering department in October of 2025. It was informed that Aecom was going to conduct a study, and it should take about three months to complete.

During an interview with Heart FM, Navy Club Treasurer Lyle Ball told us about the last update he has received.

"They received a draft report back in the middle of May. They wanted to review it and then I guess there were some revisions that the city was going to request to have done and that is basically the last that I have been told anything about it."

Ball says this is the second summer in a row that the club has not been able to host it's Mother's Day Fishing Derby, the WPS Kids & Cops Fishing Derby, and fishing for veterans from Parkwood Hospital.

"We just want it addressed and we want it fixed. We didn't cause the problem so we want it fixed. We want our water level back up to where it should be and has always been, so we can start hosting fishing derbies again in the future."

We reached out to Mayor Jerry Acchione on the matter. He said finding water and where it leaks can be quite difficult, especially when its in multiple locations. The long winter also put the city behind about six to eight weeks because of the spring thaw, but the final report is in the works and it will be brought to City Council for approval.

"We are expecting that report in the next couple of weeks, maybe three weeks at the most. There are multiple options being discussed, but at this point it doesn't look like any of them are giving us a 100 percent chance of curing the leaking problem. So that is what's causing the delays."

He said the city is doing everything in its power to rectify the situation.

"We don't want them to go without their fishing events another summer. So hopefully this report will come through with some clear solutions so we can ensure the entire Navy Club that they will have their entire pond back to the same depth as before."