Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Soil questions Water table

IMHO, it IS different. The water table we worry about wrt ponds is "surface water," which can vary a fairly quickly due to rain, dryness, etc. The water table we worry about wrt wells is "ground water," which does not vary much due to short term rain or dryness, but can of course decrease noticeably from long-term drought or excessive pumping out of the aquifer.

At my farm, surface water will cause most postholes to fill up about 10 months a year. But to get a good ground water flow for our wells, we're down 100-150 feet.

This has always been my position on the water tables, which I have been unable to get developers and zoning commisions to understand. I would appreciate being straightened out by anyone who knows I'm wrong. (Really.)