I've been reading posts for awhile and just joined yesterday. This is a great site.
I've got a 2 acre pond on my 50 acre property that was constructed 2 years ago. The pond sprung a leak (there is shale rock in some of the surface) about 90 days after we built it. The guy that built it has offered to drain it and put more red clay over the shale...for a price of course. I've lost about 3 or 4 feet depth this year but the pond is about 25 feet deep to begin with. I would appreciate some advice on the leak. I really hate the thoughts of draining this pond and all it would include (loss of the fish I've stocked, $ of paying the guy to do it, smell of the drained pond etc.)I know it's the only way to fix it. Also the leak is not in the dam so there are no structual safety concerns.
Any thoughts?
Randy