also we had a 3 inch rain which exceeded any single rain since my dam was completed. there is over an acre of water about 4 or 5 foot at deepest- more than ever before and it is holding good- i think. i am pumping from a creek below and dont know for certain. the water is already past the area i plowed in the bentonite which covered the bottom center against the dam about and acre. ill have to see what happens if it starts getting up the dam. the sides north and south at water level are hard core clay. the dam may or may not hold good and the feeding ravine west may get into the same sandy levels i tried to plug in the center with the bentonite? ill report in a few weeks. everyone - talk to me.