Originally Posted By: DuckFoot
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.


FWIW I have a water table pond and, IMO, it sounds like you might as well. I don't know a way of sealing a water table pond but perhaps someone else does (maybe a rubber liner?). With my pond, I want it as deep as I can get it. Last thing I would do is put dirt/clay or anything else into it that would make it shallower. IMHO, if it is a water table pond, sealing the rim will have little effect on keeping the water at a higher level. The higher above the water table you try to make the level, the faster the leak rate will be. Do you see water leaking out of the backside of the elevated rim?

FWIW the presence of the existing dedicated well and inlet to the pond suggests to me, the pond may have never held water above the water table.

Last edited by Bill D.; 06/04/15 02:55 PM. Reason: Clarification
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