Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? (Expensive) Lessons in Ponds

<Howdy PB friends - been a while since I posted>

Thought I would share a couple learned lessons in ponds. For the first 10 years of ownership of my 8.5 acre pond, the biggest problem we faced was not enough rain/low water. After 10 years of focusing on not enough water, it never really occurred to me that we *may* someday have too much water. Guess I was lulled into a false sense of security...that someday was last December when we had 2 x 6"+ inch rain events on consecutive days.

Long story short, water went over the dam and the dam, as you can see from the pics below, is history. We blew out about a 40 - 50 foot section of the dam.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/darnold01/Backside.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/darnold01/Gap.jpg