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swimming #537024 06/27/21 08:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 7 michigan S stayed home OP
OP stayed home S Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 7 michigan	new here, hello everyone. looking for insider knowledge. have gotten 8 inches of rain in two days. my pond at downstream has a pasture with 5 1500 pound steers. i have my pond overexaggerated brimmed alongside of and upstream of this drainage ditch/stream... well we got so much rain so fast, that this stream actually coming over the pasture breached the lower downstream side brim from overflow... it is a grass covered 3 acre pasture and a .60 acre pond 12 foot deep... the kids want to go swimming, how long should we wait? or have it tested for bacteria? thanks!

Re: swimming stayed home #537034 06/28/21 07:43 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,974 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,974 Likes: 277 Central Ohio	If cow manure had much in it to worry about, I'd have been dead 30 years ago. I've had it flung everywhere while working cattle including my eyes, nose, and mouth. Not to mention that we have swam (swum???) in a pond that is surrounded on two uphill sides by cattle pasture. I guess if there were chunks floating in the water. I'd wait a while. Just my opinion. Last edited by Theo Gallus; 06/28/21 07:46 AM. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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Re: swimming stayed home #537035 06/28/21 07:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,055 Likes: 277 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,055 Likes: 277 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	Lots of difference in cow manure and BS Theo. But, gotta agree. I personally wouldn’t sweat it. Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 06/28/21 07:47 AM. It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: swimming Dave Davidson1 #537036 06/28/21 07:47 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,974 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,974 Likes: 277 Central Ohio	Originally Posted by Dave Davidson1 Lots of difference in cow manure and BS Theo. You mean "in" or "between"? "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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