Hello Pond experts. I am putting my hand out for some help.
I am trying to do my due dilenge and figure out exactly what/how i need to do everything to revive a pond that used to be on my property.
I recently purchased my new home with 4.2 acres of land. When the home was being constructed there was a small pond at the base of the hill in the back of my house, and all of my neighbors hills all flow down to where the lil pond used to be. The seller/builder of the house broke the damn of this pond and now there is nothing there. There is a spring house for both me and my neighbor and i believe the water from these springs meet to form a small creek that meets at where the lil pond used to be. and flows even more downhill to a very small "lake" further down the way.
Anyway. I want to bring the pond back. I want to make it larger. My back yard as it sits is unusuble because its just high grass and marshland now, no or slow drainage. I can't cut the grass because its too went and i get stuck. I have always dreamed of having a pond in my back yard and it sjust seems like the perfect place for one.
All of my neighbors are on board. the one with the other spring house even was hoping we could make it large enough to extend into both our properties.
See my attached photo of the land. its at the base of like four sides of hills.
I live in PA, not sure what red tape i need to go about, i have a friend with his own excavating business that is on board.
I called the local township when i was looking at the place and asked them if i could put a pond back where it once existed and the woman said if it was there already thats fine.
Help...? where or how do i start everything..
