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Old 15-04-2006, 01:24 AM posted to rec.ponds
~ janj
 
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We have a pond that is supplied buy a spring here in south east Texas,
the water supply is not too dirty (with clay), but the run off from the
dirt road adjacent to the pond is of a red clay & sand mixture that
keeps the pond a reddish brown that never subsides.
Using chemicals would be ongoing & not realistic, visibility
is only about 2 inches or so & it has been a real disappointment .
The pond is about 60 foot by 25 foot & 4 foot deep.
We have a pump already in place that we could utilize to
filter the water, any suggestions on how to set up an adequate system
(we are mechanically inclined & could put something together ourselves
with some suggestions)
Thank you
Doug


Any possible way you can stop the run off? That would probably be my first
objective, if possible. ~ jan
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