As the ground starts to dry up a bit around the pond, I am noticing that there is quite a bit of water being soaked up around the pond. As this picture shows the back bank is wet up 2-3 feet
And here the ground is wet an average of 4ft and in the one place even more. Maybe part of this extended area is due to ground water?
So my first question is this normal?
Secondly when it was first built I noticed I had a lot of ground water helping to fill the pond and I see places on one side of the pond where the ground is wet and you can tell it is to to the water table.
What is interesting in the next two pictures is the incoming water flow and then you can see the over flow. It has ran for several days with what looks like the output more than the input.
So seeing this makes me think I'm getting water from the ground/banks and may have an issue later in the summer when the surrounding ground dries up.
Thoughts on my two questions?
