Hi, I have a 1.2 acre pond that is now full of silt. 5 - 20 cm is water depth, silt is between 2ft - 5ft.

Which machines would you use to empty this?

I would like the removal of silt to take no more than 6 weeks.

I have a field to dump the silt which is 500m away.

Plan is to empty lake and wait a few months for silt to dry out and use an excavator and dumper. Pond is clay lined. Not sure on machine size.

Also have a problem that pond inlet has a lot of flow at times and that will need diverting. would a trash pump be powerful enough? Would be easy if i could dig a diversion channel but there are lots of trees around the pond and the tree roots will get damaged. Diversion length is 200m.

Any advice would be great

Thanks