I am in the middle of a renovation of a 2 acre pond that at the dam will be close to 35ft deep. (I know) There is quite a lot of muck in the center bowl. The center still has about 2ft of water in it that is deeper than the cut I have made through the dam. My question is - Can you dozer new dirt on top of old muck and get a good result? I imagine the decaying organic material will eventually leach up and through causing havoc in the new clay. I HAVE to dig out the back of the pond to get it deeper (currently 3ft) and I will have to push or haul that soil around the rim of a 3:1 grade. I'd rather push across the ponds bottom, but no way under current condition. I figure if I use some of that soil to back fill across the bowl, lose some depth, which I can afford to, what would happen to that buried muck.

Thoughts?

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