I am planning a 1.5 acre dugout pond. It will be in almost perfect clay so it will hold water well, but runoff from the surrounding area is limited so the pond will mostly be kept full with a 60GPM well when needed. As a result I will have limited outflow.
I plan to circulate the water with both 1) bottom aeration for vertical movement and 2) a series of airlift pumps + a stream for 100,000 GPH of horizontal movement. As a result the water should be flowing around the pond constantly.
I'm wondering what people think is the best way to remove nutrients from a dugout with minimal outflow. My stream should act almost like a really big pool skimmer, so perhaps just pulling organic matter (ie FA) to this point and removing it should be enough.
But I'm wondering if there are any other ideas people have that can be an efficient way to remove nutrients. What do you think?
Ted
