This time of year I have overflow due to plenty of inflow from a small creek, but in the summer I can lose about an inch a day. By late fall it looks like a half-flushed toilet bowl. Sometimes I can lose water as it is still coming in.
It's clear I have general seepage as the entire backside of the dam is covered in cattails, starting only about 2 feet down in elevation from max water level. My soil has clay, and a lot of rocks. The excavator only compacted with a bulldozer. It wasn't enough.
So I will try to rake out some chara and stir some shiz up. The water is currently exceptionally clear, visibility to 8-9 feet. All the fish are sheltering under the dock to get out of the sun, so probably not enough suspended particles to do the trick.
