As mentioned, the pond would have to be located far enough downstream from the spring area and our home's domestic artesian well that it would not affect the domestic well system. However, I'm not sure what will happen to the water flowing down the drainage from the spring in the winter when it reaches the ice that forms on the pond. Somehow, I want to make sure that the water will flow under the ice and not over the top of the ice. I'm wondering if this might take care of itself naturally, or if it will require modifications to the stream bed, or some kind of catchment/plumbing system, etc. I'm open to suggestions, but I suspect that I will probably have to conduct some observations and experiments over the winter to get a better idea of what the variables are.
