I check with the TCEQ and the Corps before we built, and in Texas we are exempt from permit with the ponds we built. I also talked with the NRCS and got plans to start from and then we went bigger and wider just to be sure we had a really good dam. We also added a bit more freeboard to help prevent problems in the future.

In short, in Texas you have the right of capture of 200 acre-feet of water in a pond, and as long as your dam in short enough and there is no threatened structures down stream, you are good.

Of course, consult your dam attorney if you want legal advise!!!

Last edited by highflyer; 01/01/13 02:27 PM.
Brian

The one thing is the one thing
A dry fly catches no fish
Try not to be THAT 10%