Looking at your posts makes me count me blessings. Our 1 1/2 acre pond was completed During the second week in July after having to wait almost a year for enough dry weather. It filled to the over flow point on Labor day and water has been spilling through the spillway ever since. We were lucky to have clay as far as they could dig after the first 3 feet of top soil was removed. It made for a difficult time with all the wet weather on the east coast since last fall. I had 2 feet of water that would not go away and we finally had to pump it out to finish the project. And I complained about not getting the job done! Now I know I shouldn't have. Good luck. Sounds like the solutions offered could get pretty expensive.