I have gotten alot of advice on my pond on this forum. Today I dug several holes in my pond side and pond bottom. I have at least 18" of clay. I was very happy to discover that. I don't think my pond is leaking now and I don't think I will spend any money on bentonite. So that basically means my water was lost to evaporation and that cannot be fixed
If someone knows how to solve that problem please tell me !!! I do know that I could plant some cedars around it to block some of the good Kansas wind, but would they drink more water than would evaporate due to wind??
I am going to contact my local NRCS office to get some ideas. Yesterday I buried some pipe from 2 of my downspouts and took them to the pond. So I will have rain water from my house and water from my water source heat pump going into the pond. I know people say pumping is not worth it, but how do you fight the evaporation factor? I see ponds all around here that keep their depth. Maybe I need to ask them if they are pumping.
Thanks for all the advice and I will let you know what more I find out.
