mr. lusk--- ga pond rookie here from your web site--i am looking at ways to seal my leaking pond---both safe and economical if possible---i invested 28k in a pond behind my house #1 for asthetics and #2 for possible fishing. the pond leaked and i put 6k more into scraping out 2 ft of the bottom and packing good clay +$1200 bentonite in the bottom---now dam appears to leak so am looking at anything to prevent re-coring 2/3 of the dam--at this point with 34k invested in a 2 acre pond i could nearly have lined it with concrete. any suggestions and product recommendations i would appreciate. i know all ponds leak to some extent but i have good spring flow from october thru june that is fed into pond by pipe (great volume in times of rain) --even with steady flow in the pond still goes down much faster than evaporation regardless of the regular inflow of water. now it has stabilized even though my spring just stopped. i want a safe means to solve this problem without investing too much more in this project if possible. i have read about aqua seal and the products called db100 and db200 but do not know about safety and actual procedures/longevity of these products. my pond at full pool should be around 12' on deep end and 5' on most of shallow end--it is now about 6' on deep and 2 1/2' on shallow end. many thanks for info and any recommendations (products ess,db100,bentonite,etc). am well read on your web site's ideas on coring/packing/etc--apparently made a mistake in trusting original contractor's opinion on soil for building pond --he test dug holes with backhoe all around pond site and stated the clay there was what he usually hauled in to fix ponds. pure b.s. it appears. thanks for any advice on products to safely and effectively seal and fix pond.
Last edited by ga pond rookie; 07/07/09 04:28 PM.
