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- From: Marimike6@cs.com
- To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] bentonite to seal ponds?
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:08:00 EDT
In a message dated 7/25/2004 4:16:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
aerlandson1972@hotmail.com writes:
> Does anyone have any experience with or information about sealing
> large ponds with bentonite? If bentonite is a good way to go does anyone
> have any leads on where I might find some in western Washington?
>
Contact the State of Washington and ask them where they get theirs. They have
regulations on the quality of sealant they find satisfactory (in this
instance, for sealing drill-hole casings), so they must have a list of
sources for it
somewhere.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/WAC/index.cfm?section=173-160-221&fuseaction=section
http://www.leg.wa.gov/WAC/index.cfm?section=173-160-450&fuseaction=section
Or try the Industrial Resource Network...
http://www.powersourcing.com/sf/pondsealingbentonite.htm
Here's an interesting page on abandoned wells...
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1714/eb1714.html
There are all sorts of articles on the how-tos...
http://www.malibuwater.com/PondBentonite.html
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/ask_tom_archive/wyoming_bentoni
te_pond_liners_and_...
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~sccdistrict/pondseal.htm
http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/references/public/AL/al521b&
c-SealingaPondwithAdditives-01-03.pdf
The trouble with the Web is its information overload. It has been said that
getting info from it is like drinking from a fire hose. I hope this tiny
sampling is helpful.
M. Elvin
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[permaculture] bentonite to seal ponds?,
Anne Erlandson, 07/25/2004
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