Digging pond I sandy soil high water table - 02/10/15 08:14 PM
Hi all.... I just join today because I am not sure of the best approach to take at this point with my "Pond"
We had wanted to build a 1 acre pond on our 80 acres. The land is all sand to our knowledge.... Very high water Table ~2 feet below the surface and when its very dry maybe ~4 feet.
I am attempting to dig the pond with a Komatsu PC200 with a 48" bucket.
What I am observing is that no matter how much I dig the banks just collapse and I am digging a slurry milk shake of sand and water.
Pumping the pond down is not an option because the rate at which the water flows in is incredible.
I guess my question is.... Am I wasting my time... the goal had been to dig a 1 acre pond that would not freeze out and is swimable in the summer.
I am not sure if there are techniques I should be using to do this or this is normal and it will end up being a shallow bowel.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
We had wanted to build a 1 acre pond on our 80 acres. The land is all sand to our knowledge.... Very high water Table ~2 feet below the surface and when its very dry maybe ~4 feet.
I am attempting to dig the pond with a Komatsu PC200 with a 48" bucket.
What I am observing is that no matter how much I dig the banks just collapse and I am digging a slurry milk shake of sand and water.
Pumping the pond down is not an option because the rate at which the water flows in is incredible.
I guess my question is.... Am I wasting my time... the goal had been to dig a 1 acre pond that would not freeze out and is swimable in the summer.
I am not sure if there are techniques I should be using to do this or this is normal and it will end up being a shallow bowel.
Any help would be greatly appreciated