Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Muddy water Amphibious Argo to distribute Alum/lime?

IF there is a way to get water to the shoreline, your best bet would be to get a tote on shore, cut the top out of it and pump water into it to mix the hydrated lime. Use another pump to pump the slurry out of the tote to a hose that the argo would carry around the pond. You can get away with using a bunch of 3/4" garden hose to distribute the lime and alum around the pond.

Make passes leaving about 15-20 feet of clear water between the hydrated lime strips. Then once the hydrated lime is all in the pond, switch to alum and go perpendicular to the hydrated lime strips to get all the alum dispersed in the pond.

One person on shore putting the powder into the tote, and stirring it with a paddle, and monitoring the pumps to ensure that the tote doesn't run dry.

Calculate the amount of acre feet of water in the pond, then use 300# alum, 150# hydrated lime per acre foot of water.

One surface acre of water, 12" deep is one acre foot.