Yeah I think that I may bite the bullet and take the chance with adding a well to supplement the h2o level. I only have a 1/2 acre pond that is 90 percent clay with a small section of sand gravel that the pond builder was unable to plug.

The pond was dug 2 months ago and rose fairly quick to water table level which is still 3-4� to get to full pool. It�s staying at a pretty constant elevation but the big unknown is what will happen when I begin to fill. Hopefully it fills faster than it retreats. But at a pumping rate of 36,000 gallons per day I would think it would be on the rise.. time will tell.