Little Dog,

Didn't mean to make you worry or diminish your happiness. Sounds like you're O.K. to me. The main thing is the house, and considering your basement is above the water level and you are that far that is not a problem whatsoever.

I know the feeling about "what's a guy to do" regarding eagerness to have a pond regardless of the negatives. My ponds are an area of about 4 houses and the residents have little kids coming over to visit from time to time. My pond banks are very steep and I need to get a privacy fence up ASAP. Not enough funds yet. If one of those kids falls in and drowns I will lose everything not to mention the poor kid and family.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.