Thanks Bill. a little bit of history - The development was constructed in 2003 with 40 buildable lots. until 2010, most of the lots were vacant. Now we are 100% built out. since this is a detention pond, it receives run off from the homes in the development, including their lawn fertilization.
I haven't put my waders on to see how deep the muck is, but if i had to guess it would be several inches thick. The pond was a natural low spot in the development and used to be farm land. It has been there forever as far as I can predict. In 2003 when the development was created, the pond was converted to a detention basin with the development storm piping being run to it.
Back in the day, the pond may have been 10-12' deep. Cattails started to grow by the inlet channel to the pond, which tells me sediment is finding its way into the pond and is making the inlet area of the pond shallow enough to support cat tail growth. Those were killed off with round-up last fall.
i mentioned dredging the pond out last year but the expense of it is probably not an option for the community.
