AUSTIN, Texas - The pond at Beverly Sheffield Northwest District Park is drying up to the dismay of some neighbors.

This is the result of park renovations, but some think the city isn't doing enough to save the pond.

What they're saying:

Dale Allert has been going to the park since he was a little boy.

"It's just been a good, safe place to come to, an enjoyable place to come to for years and years and years," he said.

He noticed the pond's water level started going down when renovations began at the park pool.

"It's sad to see something not being taken care of," he said. Image 1 of 3 ▼

The duck pond's water had partly come from discharge from the pool's filtration system, as well as groundwater pumped from the pool's mechanical room.

Since the pool is being renovated, that dis

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