I am brand new to this site and am hoping you can help. I have a 3/4 acre pond in VT that has a tea tint in the sunlight and several inches of silt on the ledgestone bottom...visibility is 10-12 feet. The pond is fed by a runoff creek through a section of cattails and possibly a spring. What is causing the tea color? Is it the silt? Can the silt be pumped out? What can I do to make the water clear or is this not possible? Other than the color/visiblity/silt...the pond is without any noticable problems. Thanks for any help or advice. Also, I think I incorrectly posted this thread in the dam section earlier by mistake...sorry!