Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site affect of flooding on ponds

Whatever is in the stream could end up in your pond. And whatever is in your pond could end up in the stream. Also, your pond might catch a lot of silt that is in the stream during high water events.

A client had ponds dug in woods that could flood. He didn't want surface water going into his ponds. The contractor used the dirt that was dug out of the pond to build up the banks, effectively making a barrier higher than the water in the woods.

The ponds are groundwater ponds, and will vary 5' or possibly more from wet times of the year to dry times of the year.