robertwhite
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Didn't know where else to pose this question, so here goes...........
Small stock pond, maybe 1/4 acre, approx 3-4 ft deep. So say 50K-75K gallons?
Seems that over several years of cattle tramping through it, they have managed to punch a hole(s) in it. Used to drain out very slowly, now a full pond will drain in less than a week. The bottom of the pond is extremely mucky and you can't walk in much of it without sinking.
Pond is strictly rain and runoff fed.
Last month after torrential rains, pond was literally overflowing. A week or so later, it was basically empty. Water is absolutely seeping directly underground at a fast rate. It flows underground to a low spot about 75 ft away and the ground is saturated to the point that you can't even run a tractor thru it without sinking.
Thought I found a leak, spread approx 1K lbs of Bentonite which seemed to fix one spot. Yet after more rain and a partial refill of water, it is drained out yet again.
Pretty much at a loss for what else to try in order to locate the leak.
Is there a dye that would is with the water and flow to the leak leaving evidence of dye behind?
Other solutions?
Any fixes, ideas, thoughts would be great.
Small stock pond, maybe 1/4 acre, approx 3-4 ft deep. So say 50K-75K gallons?
Seems that over several years of cattle tramping through it, they have managed to punch a hole(s) in it. Used to drain out very slowly, now a full pond will drain in less than a week. The bottom of the pond is extremely mucky and you can't walk in much of it without sinking.
Pond is strictly rain and runoff fed.
Last month after torrential rains, pond was literally overflowing. A week or so later, it was basically empty. Water is absolutely seeping directly underground at a fast rate. It flows underground to a low spot about 75 ft away and the ground is saturated to the point that you can't even run a tractor thru it without sinking.
Thought I found a leak, spread approx 1K lbs of Bentonite which seemed to fix one spot. Yet after more rain and a partial refill of water, it is drained out yet again.
Pretty much at a loss for what else to try in order to locate the leak.
Is there a dye that would is with the water and flow to the leak leaving evidence of dye behind?
Other solutions?
Any fixes, ideas, thoughts would be great.