i thank i understand what you are talking about. as of right now i have about 4 springs feeding into the pond sight. water off those 4 springs a total of about 11 gallons a minute. i have 4 more springs inside the pond sight that are coming up and running over to the new pipe. i have walked down the creek behind where the dam is going to be and i did not see any more springs coming up. i am sure the springs don't stop on my land. the man that has land behind me had a 2 acre pond right behind where mine is going. he said his always stayed up and never had a problem until a bad storm came in 1998 it rained so hard that water came over the dam and washed it out. he didn't want to spend the money to rebuild it.