Thanks PFF. It is sickening. During construction, the bottom one acre was leaking, smack dab in the bottom, probably around old tree holes allowing the water to go down onto bedrock, which is fractured. Of course there was great clay around, so we put about 30 loads on the bottom acre and bo maged it in. After that, it stuck, never leaking more than 1/4 inch a day. Now, unfortunately , I'll have to move towards the head of the pond, and do the same. I was hoping to get by without doing so.
It's bad to watch one go down. It's bad to think I'll have to wait another year. I'll wait for the dry months, do the work, and hopefully fix it, assuming I can afford it. I don't want to throw good money after bad. The only good news is it seems to be very responsive to compaction. I still don't know exactly where the water is going. May take another big rain.
Thanks for asking.
PS, we've had very little rain here too. We had a two inch rain to wet the soils a bit, and then 5 inches, which put a ton of water in all ponds. 5 inches of rain is rare here.
