Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? POND RENOVATION/DRAINAGE POND

We have an acrea pond that wAS filling up (after we repaired the drain pipe). Then all the water drained out. We believe a groundhog dug out the drain pipe. We thought this pond was underground spring fed, then ALL the water drained away. With periodic rain nothing fixed the pond until we had four inches of rain in a short period of time, now we have water in the pond and it seems to be rising. Not sure for how long, won't get to see it til this weekend. The question is what do we do to maintain water in the pond? It was clear water the first time it filled up, now it is muddy. Suggestions on fixing and how do we figure out what we are dealing with? Thanks for the help

Welcome to the forum. That's a hard one without being there.

Look for any obvious holes where the water is going out. Springs let water in, but they also let water out as they don't have one way valves on them......

Muddy water could be from dirt washed into the pond from the ground. Look for that as well. If the pond doesn't have the dirt on the banks covered with plants, then that's probably where the muddy water came from.