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[Claude William Genest <genest@pivot.net>]

How big a pond ? ( I just got through building my second one)..... One 
of the keys is that it not merely be a hole but that it have a variety 
of contours, ledges, depths etc.....another is that you have either 
clay or a liner, and another is that you have access to an existing 
pond's water so as to inoculate your own with the right 
bacteria/micoorganisms/plants...

In terms of engineering per se, is it a pond or a dam ? Will it be fed 
by run off ? In this case yes, you will have to consider spill ways 
etc.  and it will require a substantially more involved email :-)

Let us know,

Claude
On Monday, September 27, 2004, at 09:41 PM, Anne Erlandson wrote:

> Does anyone have any recommendations for books on the intricacies of 
> building ponds?  My husband wants to get someone out with some sort of 
> digger and have him dig a hole and it seems to me that a little more 
> engineering might be advisable.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Anne in Seattle
>
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