Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Is this unreasonable to ask?

I wish I could solve it that way, but my dam is already fairly large and easy to mow. It also makes excellent sledding!

So an update:

Pond still leaks, pretty badly. Right now I have plenty of inflow keeping it topped off, probably enough to support a pond 5x this size. A regular creek. However, I have a decent hose-worth of leak out from where "repairs" were made last fall.
I suppose the good news is I absolutely know where the leak is now and it may be repairable given the right expertise. More good news is right down the road is a new neighbor who makes a living restoring wetlands and fixing ponds. Bad news, I don't know him well enough to get work for free, nor would I ask unless I could return the favor of equal value.

The interesting part of this fiasco is I can see where the work was done on the dam, and a larger chunk of dam was cut into and up-slope right where the leak is, almost as if it were discovered while trying to fix it, but didn't pull it off. I am guessing the leak used to be lower in elevation where I couldn't see it, and now it is moved uphill where I can.

So, Google Earth now has updated my imagery
42°52'18.35"N, 77°26'33.35"W
And it managed to capture the time when repairs were being made as you can see the excavation equipment still parked there. The leak is right in the middle of the tallest part of the dam, and not at the base.

At least the fish are happy and the water quality is great.
*sigh*.

Well I guess it is a good news, bad news situation.

At least you are making progress toward a permanent solution.

Good luck moving forward.