Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? existing pond legality

I am thankful every day that I don't live in a "watershed state".

Here, we don't have to get any permissions to build small ponds (under 25 feet high dam) on owned property, provided the pond is not in a floodplain and that the spillway water enters the original drainage that it entered before building the pond before said water leaves the property the pond is on. (Not allowed to divert water onto a neighbor).

I wouldn't live in a "progressive" state even for a large sum of money. Simply not worth it to me.

The people in the linked article brought attention to themselves, by asking for another use. In some states, better to keep a low profile.