My dad and I acquired a piece of property with a 1 acre pond in need of some work. Due to the severe drought here in Tennesee this past summer, the pond dried up completely allowing us to do the work we thought it needed. We hauled in some clay into to bottom where we thought the problem existed based on a soil report we had. The pond began to fill nicely, but we are losing water (anywhere from 1-4 inches per day). Crawdads are putting holes all in the bottom of our pond, which, based on what we have observed, is why we can seem to get the pond to fill up past a certain point. We will get a surge of water from a rainstorm, but it slowly loses the water over the span of a week. We've observed water funneling into these holes and assume that is the culprit of our water loss. We are trying to stay on top of them, going on crawdad patrols daily filling in their holes with Bentonite, but as you might suspect, are losing the battle. Any ideas?
Also, does anyone know of a good pond consultant who serves middle Tennessee.?
Thanks for any help/suggestions you can offer
