Cheep:

Garden hose with barbed hose fittings on each end laying on the ground. Shove clear plastic hose on the barbed fittings, and tie it to a tall stake at each pond. Fill the hose with water, so you can see the water in the clear plastic tubes. That's your level. Water will find it's own level in the hose/tubes. 10' or couple hundred feet, it makes no difference. I think it's more accurate than the cheaper laser transits that you get at Harbor, especially for longer distances.

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