I have inherited 3 ponds and one dam - 05/18/09 09:27 PM
I've been sentenced elected to the presidency of an HOA here in SW Ohio. One of the 'features' we have is three ponds, upper, middle and lower that are fed by a pump out of a larger lake and flow down one to the other and ultimately back into the lake.
Between the middle and lower ponds is a dam with a decorative waterfall spillway. The dam is concrete, the original spillway was made of large timbers, and when it started going bad a prior board decided to put about three inches of concrete over top of it, solidifying it but raising the pond level. Now, a fewyears later, it had been leaking around one side of the dam and has eroded enough soil to be a problem. On top of that they built a long wooden bridge over the entire causeway.
I've had the county engineer's office and the soil and water conservation folks out. They seem to think we can plug the leak and fill back in, using either bentonite, a rubber membrane or just compacted soil.
My thinking right now is to fix the leak, build up the causeway a little, run a paved path over it and install a much shorter bridge over the dam.
I guess my question is does anyone know of any reputable, experienced firms in this part of thye country that do this kind of work, or how I might go about finding one?
Thanks
Mik
Between the middle and lower ponds is a dam with a decorative waterfall spillway. The dam is concrete, the original spillway was made of large timbers, and when it started going bad a prior board decided to put about three inches of concrete over top of it, solidifying it but raising the pond level. Now, a fewyears later, it had been leaking around one side of the dam and has eroded enough soil to be a problem. On top of that they built a long wooden bridge over the entire causeway.
I've had the county engineer's office and the soil and water conservation folks out. They seem to think we can plug the leak and fill back in, using either bentonite, a rubber membrane or just compacted soil.
My thinking right now is to fix the leak, build up the causeway a little, run a paved path over it and install a much shorter bridge over the dam.
I guess my question is does anyone know of any reputable, experienced firms in this part of thye country that do this kind of work, or how I might go about finding one?
Thanks
Mik