Mark and all, thanks for your feedback. That has been my problem since I bought this place in the country. Contractors see a guy from the city and they try to screw me. The people at the city hall allerted me to that, but that was after I had the pond made. On the positive side, I got a guy that built most of the ponds in this area back when the government payed 50% or more of the cost as part of a program to stop soil errosion. He did a good job. The other positive is, that my next pond is going to be much bigger. Live and learn.
To fill in some more of the details, the pond was on existing creek that had lot of mud sediment and the dozer guy said that he can's get very good grip untill he gets below that. I have more clay than I know what to do with. As a result, I have about 2" visibility. In a gallon vase that has been sitting for 3 days now, the visibility is 4" - barely. But with the wind action lapping the clay and catfish stirring up the bottom, I am not going to pour money into temporary solutions to clear it up.
