Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site Second pond?

That's a good question that I can't answer!

If you capture all the water that is coming from uphill so it goes into the pond, then you might dry out the area. If you build up a berm around the pond, line the upper portion of the pond basin with packed clay, leaving the bottom of the basin porous, theoretically the water would be forced out the bottom of the pond into the water table. Whether or not the water table will stay below the ground surface outside of the pond is another question.