we have a 12 acre pond on our farm, we purchased last year. I am considering lowering the pond about 5-6 foot in order to fix/repair some issues.
The Pond has a fairly poor stucture setup, i took a underwater camera and its kinda baren on the pond floor, very little structure.also the overflow drain is make of galvanized steel/concrete and is leaking around it. It was not installed properly.
currently there is an old drain that can be used to lower the lake. Pond is shallow in the back side, 1/3 of it is 1-3 foot of water. the dam is near 20-21 foot.
there is always water running out of the overflow pipe (hence its also spring fed). In the summer time it never lowers more than 1/2 foot.
My main task is to fix/repair the drian, and make something custom so i can add a hydro generator later on down the road. Incorporate a concrete spillway to handle the large amount of drainoff from the dry creek. second task is to place lots of structure using Pallets and PVC.
any thing i should be considering or concerned about taking on this ?
dhg that's a beautiful pond you have and you seem to know what needs to be done to correct the problems. I'll let more experienced people give you info on pond renovations but I wanted to mention about microhydo units.
Chances are if the pond is spring, the soil used to make the dam will always seep a little bit. If the water never gets below 6" inches, I do not know if I would worry too much about fixing it. Chances are you may more problems than you already have.
Thanks all We have been blessed and i am very gratefull.
I am SW of STL 2 Hours, off Hwy 44. The lake has another issue im gonna try to workout this year, all the bass are 10-12" with parasites. (gonna put a good amount of shellcrackers in). The past 10 years or so, it hasent been fished much. It needs alot of fish taken out.