Great site- I am pretty new to all of this, but I have a nice area that I assume has no springs filling it, but rather is a runoff collection area that would make a great pond (I think).
I am betting it is about 1 acre. I have waded out and would guess it is 7-8 feet deep at best, with a mucky bottom. Some years it is high enough to shovel and skate on in the winter. Other years there are some branches and vegitation sticking up. But, the perimeter of the area has a lot of room to fill up without overflowing into property.
So- my question was---is it permissible to drill a well near the site in order to fill up the pond? Would I need to look closer at a pond liner if I wanted to do that, or just keep the well filling up the hole? I am not necessarily 100% into stocking it with fish just yet, but I would love to run a fountain/aeriator in the middle and fill it up if this seems like a good idea.
I am renting a trencher tomorrow for a few other projects (bury corrugated pipe and new LP gas line)- and I was thinking about running a length of UF direct burial electrical line down to the pond site in case this well idea will work.
Does anyone have any insight? What size (HP) well pump should I look at using? This will at least help me gauge the electric wire that I will need to buy/bury. Then it will give me some time to read up on the specifics of how to use the well to fill up the pond.
Thanks very much. Also- if I am in left field- feel free to tell me that also. Just thinking I could substantially increase the beauty of my property and also create a nice place for the kids to play if I could just fill this area up to a more consistent level and aeriate it a bit.
Thanks
