[permaculture] Conserving water in ponds

Trudie Redding tredding at mail.utexas.edu
Fri Aug 29 17:39:19 EDT 2008


Pictures, anybody?
I have a small pond, the previous owner used some grey clay they found and lined the 5 ft deep pond, the water is clear and blue!, of course in order to hold water year round it would have to be a lot deeper, but this small hole was dug by hand and lined with clay by hand so in principle it works. The grey clay seems be near some of the creeks around Texas hill country, I'm gonna look up argile and find out more, meanwhile would you two consider pictures or a link to drawings of what you did, I have lots and lots of rocks to work with.

Trudie 
512-471-8044


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From: permaculture-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:permaculture-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Brand
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [permaculture] Conserving water in ponds


Jay,
 
I’m not sure I understand your concept.  If the area behind the dam is filled with soil that’s washed down during storms, how then can you use water from behind the dam for irrigation?

 
I use stones and fallen over tree trunks to build numerous little dams across waterlines so as to trap water and soil that’s washed down during heavy rains.  This prevents soil from being washed down into the river and breaks the water flow, thus allowing more rain water to enter the soil; however, I can’t use it for irrigation.
 
To trap water for irrigation and the household, I excavated a 


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