alt.energy.homepower

Eeyore wrote in
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> z wrote:
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>> Yup -- my neighbor hired an escavator to his house so I've got him
>> coming over to dig me a pond. The pond will be about 200 feet higher
>> than my house up the hill. There are several springs above where the
>> pond will be so I should be able to feed it -- possibly even in the
>> summer.
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>> In the winter it will be no problemo -- the ground is shale and blue
>> clay so it should hold water without sealing it -- i hope. Too much
>> water is usally the problem around here so once the rains start i'll
>> have plenty.
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>> I'm putting in 2 inch black plastic pipe down to my house with valves
>> to regulate the water. I'll have to see just how fast I can run it
>> so as not to dry the pond out.
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> How deep do you plan to make this pond ? And what area.
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> Graham
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well it really depends on how the digging goes. probably about 40 feet
long by maybe 30 feet wide by 8 or so feet deap. Maybe 10 feet deap.
Its a pretty big spot so however big the guy thinks he can make it.