Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Sealing a ground water pond above the water line

I'd like to dig a small wildlife pond with 3-5 ft of water on my property in Michigan. I believe that the area I want to dig has a water table at about 3-4' down and will be sandy soils. I have a frost free hydrant next to the pond site that I can use to keep the pond full, but I'm wondering with a ground water pond, will any water I put in just equalize out/down into the water table? I'd prefer to have the water level down only about a foot or two from the current grade, but I'm not sure given the circumstances if that's possible? Any help or thoughts?

Water table pond level will always relate to the static water level. What I recommend for water table ponds is to construct it like a sandpit/gravelpit pond - dig it deeper and slope surrounding area 3:1 or 4:1 to water level, like a sandpit lake. You'll need a larger area obviously, but you don't need to worry about sealing the pond or any leak issues down the road. I recommend using mother nature to your advantage, instead of trying to reverse engineer and seal out the water table which leads to a shallow, expensive pond [which will likely leak]. Feel free to reach out anytime if you want to chat.

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