Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site High Nitrogen run-off issues

I have a pond site that has 2 issues. First and biggest is one feeder drain gets run-off from a waste water lagoon that is grey in color..This past summer some nice beavers decided to make a dam and show me what my pond would look like.. needless to say it grow a great green scum layer and lots of duck weed.. and even during this winter is has visibility of less than 8 inches on a good day. I assume this is from the high nitrogen content of the water coming into the system from the lagoon.
How can the issue of water run off be handled? I am in louisiana. Is the owner of the property responsible for the downstream content of the water? Is there room for a law suit to force him to remove nitrogen from the water prior to discharge?
the second issue is size of the water shed. I have about a 400 acre watershed and and with heavy rains have a lot of water moving thru the system. How big of a pond would i need to build on this site? there isnt much elevation change so it will largely be an excavated pond.
Thanks
Bryan

There are a lot of factors involved here with what you can do and what legal recourses you have.

Let's see what others have to say.

Bryan

With 400 acres of runoff in Louisiana, and this being an excavated pond, the two things to consider are your pocket book and what are you going to do with the dirt you get out of the hole.
Most of the time when we need a lawyer to help build our pond it cost to much to build.---

Otto