Leakage at trees at base....Help!!

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Leakage at trees at base....Help!! #449255 06/09/16 06:49 AM
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 32 Tennessee T Titan88 OP
OP Titan88 T Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 32 Tennessee	Finished construction of dam in a holler over a spring head. 2 acres big and nearly 30ft deep. The guy doing the construction said that the large beautiful oaks at the very base of the dam shouldn't cause any problems so we left them. Now I have a progressive seepage around them causing me to lose water in this beautiful body of water. I am asking......I realize you can't stop a leak from the back side but is it possible to now uproot the dead oaks pulling the root system up and re pack with clay from the backside? Or do I have to tear the 100k dam down and start over, God forbid!!

Re: Leakage at trees at base....Help!! Titan88 #449268 06/09/16 10:23 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas RC51 Ambassador Lunker
RC51 Ambassador Lunker Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas	Big trees like that can run roots 30 or more feet!! I would rather have a tree on top of the dam then at the base. IMO trees at the base are the worst.... ugghh That guy should come out and fix it.... I don't know what he was thinking.... Sorry dude, Others will be by soon with better advise then I can give hold tight. RC The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!

Re: Leakage at trees at base....Help!! Titan88 #449274 06/09/16 12:05 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,772 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,772 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA	Trees & Dams are bad news. Killing the tree could even make things worse. I'm not a dam expert, so let's see what others have to say... Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: Leakage at trees at base....Help!! Titan88 #449275 06/09/16 12:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 2,428 Likes: 20 S. end of Elkins, Arkansas J John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald J Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 2,428 Likes: 20 S. end of Elkins, Arkansas	If the trees are dead I would have them uprooted and repack clay very tightly where they were. It might be the cheapest thing to try first. If they are alive I would try to treat the base of the dam with Soilfloc polymer. If not dead now, the seep might eventually drown them.