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Originally Posted by tensaw12
I recently dug a pond, about 3/4's of an acre. And STUPIDLY!! did not do ANY research.
I filled the pond about 2 weeks, ago,and now, it is almaost dry.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?,
I assume a BAD leak
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Soil is a crazy thing. I've seen clothes-lines w/springs connecting line to pole?to keep line from popping after a rain. high shrink-swell clayed soil. Be careful not to put that stuff under a slab,I bet that type clay has got ice freeze heave/swell beat? I've seen it bust heavy-steeled concrete. My buddy calls it allien moon dirt. When wet, It loves you&can't even wash it off w/hose,love affair is over when it dries(flakes off).Ole timer on I-10 LA. project called it snake dirt-It would make loud erie hissing(sizzle)sound at you, like a snake, when load after load of lime was dumped into road foundation.US soil surveyors gave it soil names such, as alligator/sharky, I suppose on their trek they felt as they bitten(attacked) when they sank to their hips in this stuff and had to do the rope/tree/rescue thing? Want more land? Do your land survey before, not after a rain,get more land out of it.HA-HA enough dirty jokes....
It's hard to say w/info provided? If you are in a area w/gently rolling hills(southern alabama) and you placed that pond at or anywhere near the apex, and not at the natrual lowest point,your pond may never natrually hold water? Why? right to local ext./service-soil conservation svc, get a copy of your county soil survey,complete map book.(was free,now?). It will explain your local county soil charactaristics. Where-how-when,sometimes why(river course changes ect.) will be answered in this usefull book! It was compiled and put together many moons ago, as a US make-work project , kinda like the CCC. Study was started after the dust bowl days, completed and updated nationwide(I mean homelandwide) in the 70's employed lots of soil scientist/surveyors/ arial photgraphers ect. The detail/data is remarkable. (unlike any of our secret, nothing to show for, privatized government spending projects today) You may find map book not available, outa print ect.? That book (old data) I know has been used in court to defend wetland issues. It's photos&data/history-locks so to speak, helped a buddy w/his wetland/pond issues.I have not heard of it being in a book burning round up yet?I keep mine in my file cabinet, maybe I should move to my safe? County library may have original book? Study it, before you make your next costly move. then use Eddie's tips(he covered most of them) & soil conservation book to fix your problem. Don't feel stupid. you were just unaware.