That is what I am calling my pond project. I am a long time lurker of this great forum, it has been extremely helpful. My story is as follows:
I live in Fairfield County, CT on property that has a 1.5 acre pond in the back. Originally it was a just river running through the property. Thye dug out the pond and put in a dam probably 60-70 years ago. The problem is that the previous owner did little to no upkeep on the pond so it has years and years of muck build up. The majority of the pond is now 1.5 - 2 ft deep max. Since it is connected to a state river there is really no feasible way to drain, re-direct and excavate. I looked into hydraulic dredging, because we have a perfect area on site to move the muck and let it drain in filter bags, but when the quote came back at $100k I drank a beer or two and started to think about other options. I wanted to know:
1. Has anyone used the system from
www.muck-n-weeds.com?2. Do digester pellets really work?
Thanks in advance.
