How do you dig a pond....

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Whoa! Before you dig a big ol' honking hole in your sandy soil, call your county agent and ask him. He should be able to tell you if the water will hold or simply drain away leaving you with a huge mud puddle. There's a lot more to building a pond or lake than digging a hole. There must be a fresh water source, an overflow system, and I'm sure there are restrictions in most areas as to how far it must be from the property line. Do yourself a favor, get a licensed professional to build it and have someone to hold accountable if the research is not done properly.

He could do it himself possibly but the county agent should be able to tell them if it is a good idea on his lot and also if they have enough property, while not experts on zoneing they will likely be able to tell you yes no or maybe on acrage, set backs and such as a gustamite..

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So true, here in my area about 15 years ago someone just called the water, gas and electric himself instead of the number for our state (811 in Indiana) and the guy digging hit a major fiberoptic cable that handled phone, internet, cable and government stuff, phone where down for a couple of hours for about a 100 mile area and internet was crazy slow (I mean noone happened to be in our public library computers because they found out the internet was down but the guy monitering the room never told me when I tried to use the internet and on a T1 line it was slower than the slowest dialup) and I was under the impression the guy went bankrupt because of it (and he had a large construction company all paid for) because he had to repay for the damage he done.....