I am very glad that I found this site too and glad to see that there are others who have had the opportunity to enjoy waterskiing too. I am anxiously awaiting my "required reading"... Perfet Pond... want one?
After some more studying last night, I can see that I will also have a lot of questions on seepage. Most of the soil that is in our area has a Ksat of 9 - 20 micrometers per second which makes me wonder how the existing ponds in the area stay full. If I understand the calculation correctly at 10 micrometers per second, the lake would loose 3"/day due to seepage. I know you can bring in clay or bentonite to fix that but since it seems all the soil with clay in the area has similar Ksat numbers, I'm not sure where to get the clay.
Matt -- another Pond Boss welcome. Hang tight. You should be able to get a lot of good answers from our members.
We are always glad to receive new questions and ideas. AS you get started, we really like to follow your progress through the whole process. Please keep posting.
This is just one link to somebody's progress
My Second Pond: Structure Certainly the geographic area you planning for has lots of good ponds. Some of the members here may be a little shy about advertising their services, but I'd strongly suggest that they post here on the forum, or they send you a Private Message offering their consulting services.
The price of some good consulting will more than pay for mistakes that you won't make.
Good luck,
Ken
