we have a 12 acre pond on our farm, we purchased last year. I am considering lowering the pond about 5-6 foot in order to fix/repair some issues.
The Pond has a fairly poor stucture setup, i took a underwater camera and its kinda baren on the pond floor, very little structure.also the overflow drain is make of galvanized steel/concrete and is leaking around it. It was not installed properly.
currently there is an old drain that can be used to lower the lake. Pond is shallow in the back side, 1/3 of it is 1-3 foot of water. the dam is near 20-21 foot.
there is always water running out of the overflow pipe (hence its also spring fed). In the summer time it never lowers more than 1/2 foot.
My main task is to fix/repair the drian, and make something custom so i can add a hydro generator later on down the road. Incorporate a concrete spillway to handle the large amount of drainoff from the dry creek. second task is to place lots of structure using Pallets and PVC.
any thing i should be considering or concerned about taking on this ?
