Spring Hydraulics Question - 06/26/09 08:10 PM
I have a 2 acre spring fed pond in East Texas. The pond was full when I bought the property so I do not know where all the springs are, but I do have some that are above the water level and run down into the pond. The pond is constructed in a small ravine. The pond could probably be doubled in size if the dam was raised a few feet. However, this would put the visible springs under water. The spring at the head of the ravine is a particularly strong spring.
An old-time pond builder around here told me that you needed to be careful in covering up springs with water because the spring may stop flowing. I don't want this to happen. My springs are very strong and even keep flowing in the worst of droughts. (I am five miles away from an Ozarka water bottling plant. I figure I lose $500 per day in bottled water over my spillway. )The pond is situated on the typical deep sand of East Texas.
Is the old-timer right? Do I need to leave well enough alone and get over pond-size envy? (Bigger is better right? )
An old-time pond builder around here told me that you needed to be careful in covering up springs with water because the spring may stop flowing. I don't want this to happen. My springs are very strong and even keep flowing in the worst of droughts. (I am five miles away from an Ozarka water bottling plant. I figure I lose $500 per day in bottled water over my spillway. )The pond is situated on the typical deep sand of East Texas.
Is the old-timer right? Do I need to leave well enough alone and get over pond-size envy? (Bigger is better right? )