Ponds and other water features in HOA residential communities help increase both property values as well as the quality of life of homeowners and their families. However, keeping ponds looking (and smelling) clean and beautiful can be cost-prohibitive for many Homeowners Associations. Maintaining a pond in an HOA community can often times feel like an uphill battle. Especially in areas where the ponds are several years or even several decades old. Ponds (like all man-made

If you’re in charge of managing the ponds and lakes for the HOA in your community, you may or may not have heard of something called “pond dye.” Pond dye is nothing more than food coloring for lakes and ponds. When added in sufficient quantities to the water, it will change the color from an ugly brown to an aesthetically-pleasing blue or green. Some HOA’s will use pond dye to match the color of the