Shorty and Lovnlivin, if there is a way to add a decent size sediment pond ahead of your main runoff water source, it sure has helped keep my main pond cleaner after these big rain events.
For it to work, it needs to be able to capture the muddy water and hold it or slow the velocity for a while. My runoff from farm land goes through a tiny 20x50 pre-sediment pond then into a 1/10th acre sediment pond then into the main 3 acre pond.
Helps a lot.
