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Brown Water
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 |
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Brown Water
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 -------------- See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Brown Water
Gonna be a heap of trouble to even try and filter a mud bottom
pond....Do a bit of diverting of the water so it doe snot flow as readily into the pond. Is there any grass in the area, if no, plant some it helps. YOu can use rip rap or shallow channels filled with gravel to divert water and trap sediement and suspended junk as well. Even the muddiest of ponds will eventually settle out and become relatively clear to some point (from a mud / dirt induced turbidity anyhow) You can also add gravel to the main area water flows into the pond which will help a great deal. I have cleaned up ponds with turbidity from dirt etc by adding western bentonite, braodcast over the surface. It acts like a floculant. I have also used cotton seed meal to help clear up a muddy pond and it works just fine. Cotton seed meal is dirt cheap so is sodium bentonite...but foremost is diverting any water run off into the pond. On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:24:27 -0700, ~ janj wrote: 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 -------------- See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website -- \\\|/// ( @ @ ) -----------oOOo(_)oOOo--------------- oooO ---------( )----Oooo---------------- \ ( ( ) \_) ) / (_/ The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates.... |
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