Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations How long does it take for a new pond to seal?

My experience was that the lowest my pond has ever been was in the first Summer it was full. This was only about 3" lower than it has ever been since, and of course one Summer's rainfall differs from all others.

It does seem to me that during the initial period after a pond fills, all the soil in contact with it below the water line is becoming saturated with water as it (very slowly) seeps in. Once the soil is soaked, this process never repeats (unless the pond were emptied for a substantial period of time.

I guess I wouldn't call this "sealing", though, just the initial soaking of a very large, very dense, not at all porous sponge.