Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? Mystery water coming through dam pipe

It finally got warm enough for me to put on a swimsuit and figure this thing out.

Elevating the pipe didn't help determine anything as water just leaked around the corrugated pipe ... must be a hole in it near where it comes out of the earth, which makes sense because it was supposed to be only temporary, and I think I nicked it with the excavator a couple times.

But based on y'alls thinking, I started messing around with my plug. Turns out it wasn't 100% plugged. I dove down 8 ft and put some plastic bags around the plug, and that slowed the flow from one beer mug ever 5 seconds to one beer mug every 14 seconds. So I started looking around for an even better sealer. I found some kitty litter in the cabin I had used to mix with Portland to grout my well. I mixed it with a little water, balled it up, and dove down to stuff it around the plug. Fixed. 100% sealed. Thanks for all the help.

Now I need to figure out whether I want to keep this as a way to drain the pond or if I want to abandon it. If I abandon it, I'll probably reconnect the old part of the riser to bring it above water level, then pour the mix of Portland and kitty litter until it's full.