Originally Posted By: helpless2act
I am told the health dept only deals with septic tank issues contaminating water wells..........

The county health department will be able to provide you with the names of laboratory sources for water testing. You will have to pay the lab a nominal fee, but it will document the "after" sampling. You really need to do this immediately. Let's face it; it's the whole (and only) reason that you are here. The washed out ridge and trespassing is piddle. The attention-getting story here is the damage to your pristine pond and the horribly negative effect it has had on a hard-working woman doing her level best to single-handedly scrape out a living, breed beautiful horses, and teach young girls a fine art. That's the story I see.