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Ideas for making a drainage area useful???
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1819049" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>How steep the slope (run) in the drain will determine if a pond is worth the cost. The steeper the slope, you will get less distance of retained water upstream per foot of height in the dam. And you need to know if the soils will hold water. If the drain has been shaped by erosion in the past and it is down to parent material it can leak like a sieve unless you know it is tight clay. Maybe consider developing the good 10 acres to start and after you have owned it a while you might have other thoughts but you will also have more experience to know what you want and what might work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1819049, member: 24565"] How steep the slope (run) in the drain will determine if a pond is worth the cost. The steeper the slope, you will get less distance of retained water upstream per foot of height in the dam. And you need to know if the soils will hold water. If the drain has been shaped by erosion in the past and it is down to parent material it can leak like a sieve unless you know it is tight clay. Maybe consider developing the good 10 acres to start and after you have owned it a while you might have other thoughts but you will also have more experience to know what you want and what might work. [/QUOTE]
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