where do you come up with the figures of needing 40 acres of land to
drain into an area to make a 1 acre pond? I have a fractionof that on
the one parcel of land and have a 1+ acre pond that stays quite full
all year around.......Can't buy the 100 acre limit thing either, as it
makes no sense either as drainage is not just limited to what property
one owns....its all surounding lands, that happen to pitch or grade to
the lowest level......and certainly not restricted to ones acreage. My
upper field on another parcel of land has over 550 acres of land, I
have three ponds there and no permits, and the pond is in a hollow and
is filled from most of my acreage runoff.......into one pond,
overflow into the other and final runoff into the last, but there all
filled from that one main pond.........total land area has not a thing
to do with having a pond capable of holding water as this original
poster asked........



On 2 May 2005 05:35:34 -0700, wrote:

===It depends on how much water you have flowing into your pond area. 40
===acres of drainage will be enough for a 1 acre pond. So in other words
===if the water that hits 40 acres of land drains into your pond area then
===you can make a 1 acre pond. If you have 80 acres of drainage then you
===can make a 2 acre pond. Most states have a limit of 100 acres of
===drainage into an area before you need a permit. If you have constant
===springs all you need is water that is equivalent to the output of a
===garden hose. Water seeps through anything. As long as you have a
===constant inflow of water you will be fine.
===
===Check out my pond building at
===http://www.wildlifereserve.org/mbuild.html
===
===Also check out the "designing a pond" page under "thing's I've learned"
===
===Sam
===
===
===Floydster wrote:
=== The top 2 metres of my land are clay. Can this be used to create a
===large
=== pond without a liner? I have 4 acres of unused farmalnd in Scotland
===(very
=== wet, very exposed) and would like to use the land for something more
=== attractive. All ideas are welcome.
===
=== Thanks,
===
=== Floyd
=== --
=== http://www.smellyhound.com


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