I'm not sure my acreage can handle 200,000 gallons of water without making a mess of everything so I will let it drain naturally for a bit. When it seems like it isn't draining anymore I'll pump it out per your advice and see what I got.

Without getting to far ahead of myself here, if the rim is leaking, how does one go about fixing it. My initial thought was lining the bottom with 1 to 2 more feet of clay and bentonite mixture, then pushing the rock of the rim onto the bottom of the pond, then lining up the sides with clay and bentonite, I would probably make them less steep as well. Not sure if that makes sense or would work. Again, I'm probably putting the cart before the horse, but this was a brainstorm I had.

I will post some more pics as she drains and when I got it empty. I'm expecting to also see some tree roots from the old willows.

Matt


Last edited by DuckFoot; 06/03/15 09:27 PM.