Well, over the past week we have had over 5" of rain and I am now at full pool. Which is a good and bad thing.

Most of my pallet stacks floated away even though I spent an entire day adding cinder blocks. I had 3 blocks per stack of 4-5 pallets and it wasn't enough. I probably should have tied them all together and used the blocks as an anchor instead of putting them on top. LESSON LEARNED!

Below are a few videos of my 24" corrugated pipe. The first video shows that it has a leak at the connection of the 90 degree and the straight pipe. The installer has been notified and will be fixing it once the ground isn't peanut butter.

Also, my rock perimeter and my overflow pipe do not line up. I knew this was going to be an issue and it looks like I have to cut some of the pipe to lower the level. There are three factors at play.

1. Utilizing the rock perimeter that I paid to have installed.
2. Keeping the pond level low enough so that there isn't standing water north of the pond into the tree line.
3. Getting the most water in my pond as possible.

The plan as of right now is to lower the level down to where there isn't standing water north of the pond. This will put my rock edging under about 18-24" of water and it will maximize my total volume. I will eventually have a tractor and a dump trailer and I plan on slowly adding more rock above the current rip rap that I have installed. More work and more money, but it gives me the most depth.

Leaky pipe:

https://youtu.be/OWVl_QseJwY

Overflow pipe:

https://youtu.be/9a4LoEWzRCQ

Rain as stopped and the drainage is slowing down:

https://youtu.be/-bJHNA_EQZU


I apologize if I rambled a bit. It is hard to explain what I see at the pond.



Cheers!