Patrick,

We put out about 1-1.5 lbs per sq/ft. Basically we had closed off an old ditch with a 400' damn and it was suppose to produce about a 7.5 acre lake. It's filled several times but it drops rather quickly. We've looked many times for leaks and have never found any wet spots. I'm 99.999999% sure that the leak was in that ditch bottom because there was some sandy that was in the bottom. We were told by our fsa office that it would probably silt in over time. Well it's been almost 2.5 years and it has dropped consistently. So this year we put out the bentonite and put in a 4" well that is running off of a generator with a 100 gallon fuel tank as we speak. I should be able to get about 100,000 gallons/day added to the lake. So if that is right then hopefully by the end of the week it'll be up at least a foot or so because right now the lake is only covering 1 to 1.5 acres but once it starts to rise it will widen and the rate of rising will diminish as it fills up. Right now I'm hoping that Ivan will bring some rain our way.....man 8-12" of rain would do me wonders.

-lee-