Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Shallow pond flooding/drainning questions

I recently purchased a property that was previously owned by a landscape company. In one corner that company has scraped about 2 feet of top soil off, making a shallow low spot that holds water most of the year. It is about 2.5 acres and 2 feet deep, with a spring fed stream about 15-20 feet away along one side. Being an avid duck hunter i thought that this will make a perfect small duck marsh/wildlife food plot (right now it is just waist ground as we do not farm it due to it holds water, and dries up in the hot summers). Im going to need to drain the water, so i can plant some food plants (Japanese Millet and such), and then in the fall re-flood it. My question is what type of structure would you recommend for me to use, to flood and to drain. I do not want to gas water pumps as it would take to long, and i would have to make sure they have gas in them. Yesterday i went out there and shot some grade to find out what i have to overcome. Being a hold dug there is no real dame/ and slope. The stream water level is about 5in higher than current pond water level (which is perfect depth). In between the pond and stream is about 15-20 feet and it rises about 2 feet in the middle, then drops back down. The stream does flow fairly fast. Will the flow of the stream allow for water to pass through a pipe even it into the pond even if it is full? As for draining i think i will be able to dig some type of pipe under the road (the stream goes though a culvert) as there is more drop on that side.

Thnkas

Welcome to the forum! You will want something that you can open and close. Look for flashboard riser systems. Here's an example:

http://www.agridrain.com/watercontrolproductsinlet.asp

http://ponddampiping.com/index.html

Something cheaper than a flashboard would be a 6" PVC pipe with a valve on the tail end. Less of a beaver attractor than a flashboard too. However, the PVC has no way to hold the water level like the top board in the flashboard riser.