Sounds like a great project! I know that big pond is way in the future so I suggest if you ever have cause to have a guy doing any back hoe or track hoe work on the property between now and then, have him dig a few test holes where you plan on putting that pond. One thing I would do is time how fast the hole fills from the water table. That info could help a lot when the time for the big pond grows near and you are planning on what it will take to dig it.

Hopefully, one of the experts will jump in with a comment on how big a well would have to be to actually control a 10 acre water table pond above the existing water table. My thought is, you will just have to plan the pond with sufficient depth to live with whatever mother nature provides as far as water table.

Last edited by Bill D.; 12/02/14 07:11 PM.
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