Originally posted by Limb Bream:
The pond is 1/4 acre exactly. Die off proof sounds excellent! Tell me more!
You're right, it did clear up right away. As weird as this sounds, I have heard of putting a few sheets of sheetrock into a muddy pond to clear it up. I haven't had any experience with this though.
My pond does rise and fall with the water table, but runoff keeps the water level somewhat higer than the water table. I would like to know more about your thoughts too Bobad.
The sheetrock does work. I've seen it with my own eyes. However, it was soaked, the paper stripped, and the sheets crunched up to gravel size.
If your pond water is communicating with the water table, it could be at a high, medium, or low rate. If the rate is high, no amount of pumping would make the pond level rise. If it communicates at a very low rate, pumping could work, but you may lose 1 gallon back into the water table for every 2 gallons you pump. If you drill a shallow well, you may actually be pumping from the same ground water from which the pond gets its water. Let's hope the leak is very small, and the water table doesn't drop in a bad dry spell.
