New ponds will wick for a while. I would not get to concerned yet. If you can get free benonite I'd say get it it can only add to sealing your pond weather it needs it or not. It's free I don't think you have anything to lose. But I would monitor it for a while longer before concluding your pond has a leak. I'd say get it and stock pile it until you get a dry year and then apply it around the edges and broad cast the rest as you can.


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