POTTSVILLE residents are ramping up the pressure on Tweed Shire Council to take care of their beloved pond in Seabreeze Estate, which originally attracted many to buy in the area.

Pottsville Community Association members met with Tweed Mayor Gary Bagnall this week to discuss the dilapidated state of the pond on Seabreeze Blvd.

Executive member Bryan Threlfall, who has lived at Seabreeze since 2004, said Newland developers were initially required to maintain the pond.

"After the developer reached the end of stage six ... the council automatically assumed responsibility for its maintenance," Mr Threlfall said.

"They turned the water off which was feeding the pond. It's gradually shrinking by the day. The situation is so critical there. The fish that were in the pond died.

"Residents think we have been conned into believing it would always look the way it did when we moved in."

Cr Bagnall said the council had been picking up the slack for developers who'd implemented "unsustainable" infrastructure.

He said the council would look into the option of using a spear pump to fill the pond during dry periods.

He said this was previously investigated by the developers, who claimed it was not feasible.

Cr Bagnall said while he was against the pond being built initially, some residents had bought homes based on the estate's aesthetics and, as a result, he had also fought for it not to be filled in.

The council's manager of recreation services Stewart Brawley said the pond and surrounds had "received the same maintenance standards as all other park infrastructure in the shire".

"Infrastructure has been inspected regularly and works carried out...to render them safe," he said.

Pond Problems

Tweed Shire Council took over management of the pond from Newland developers in 2002.

Residents say the Seabreeze pond has been at low levels for some time.

In June, the council decided to divert stormwater into the pond - but in dry conditions, residents fear this will make no difference.