Who pays for electricity to fill the pond once it's drained?
They will. If they want that pond bank full! Drilling for water runs about $12 a ft. around here. Our well is at 160 ft. If they hit water at 160 ft., it would cost them less than $2,000 to drill. They may just use some other type of pump to extract the water from below the aquifer. Possibly something that runs off of gasoline or diesel. I saw this done once in Mississippi. It was shooting a huge amount of water into a newly constructed pond. The guy said it was cheaper and quicker than using electricity, but there again, fuel was much cheaper back then. Bottom line, the improvements I'm wanting to make are going to cost me thousands of dollars. If I can get the drilling company to pick up the tab, why not? I'll have a way to refill the pond, even during drought conditions, and the drilling company picks up the tab.........As far as the fish goes, someone on here said that the largemouth didn't have enough to feed off of, so should I get a few hundred minnows tossed in too?
