We put out 12,000 lbs of pelletized bentonite about a week and a half ago. We are currently pumping water into the lake out of a well so it is hard to indicate whether the lake is holding water better or not but I will say that the well didn't run over the weekend and it maintained it's water level. We found a few areas that had some "bubbling" in the the water and we put several bags around those areas. The other areas we tried as best we could to evenly distribute it. We did put out just over 1.5x's the recommended rate also......just wanted to try to ensure that if possible we would make a good solid bottom. We made the mistake of getting some of it on the back of the boat near the water line and man that stuff is tought to get off the back of the boat.....I can only imagine how it has adhered to the bottom.