Hello everyone. My name is Chi, I am from Seguin, Texas, my English is not very good. I know nothing about pond but want to have a pond, while I googled build a pond, I found pond boss. We got 40 acres raw land and my dream or wishlist is to build 1 acre pond roughly 18'-20' deep for swimming, fishing, attract wildlife and garden irrigation, i don't have well on the land. Can anyone suggest advice how much it will cost? Can it be diy project? Thank you in advance for all suggestions and advices.

Hi Chi,

Welcome to Pond Boss Forum!

The cost of building a pond can vary a lot. As to whether you can DIY depends on your personal skill and equipment you have available. I suggest you buy Mike Otto's book, "Just Add Water," as a good place to start. It will explain all that is involved in building a pond. Here is a link to where you can purchase the book.

https://www.pondboss.com/item.asp?id=163&r=store%3Fc%3D8

Good Luck and, again, welcome to PBF!

Bill D.

Agree with Bill. Buy the book.

A couple of things to consider are soil types and runoff amounts. Average rainfall?

Ballpark number $12-20,000 depending on your place and terrain. 12-15' deep is plenty deep.

I'll sell my book if anyone wants it . Haven't looked through it yet.