The soil is a high percentage clay. We did not encounter any rock to speak of below about 4 feet in depth. A series of test hole were dug the year before and held water for the entire year.
Compaction was accomplished from the hundreds of haul trucks that removed the excess clay during construction.
I put dye in the water today and if there is a leak, hopefully it will be easy to spot the blue snow on the backside of the dike.
To clarify, I am not sure if we lost the water in a week or a month. During the winter, access to the pond is limited, so it wasn't being closely monitored. The warm spell was a week.
Last edited by aguita; 03/19/14 02:31 PM.
