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[chauncey williams <chaunceyfree@yahoo.com>]

Hello,I recently installed 3 rainwater catchment ponds on my property that I 
would like to use for irrigation, fish, and aquatic plants.  Each time they 
get filled by rain, no matter how well we clean the source, the ponds still 
get brown and murky from clay sediment.  Does anyone have successful 
experience filtering clay sediment out of the water?  All I can think of is a 
gravel/sand filter that would be hooked up before the water gets to the pond, 
but my conclusion is that it would get clogged up pretty quick during a 
rainstorm.  How about filtering the water that is already in the ponds?
Also have a leak in one pond that required 2 liners to be seamed together 
with a special tape, any tips regarding how to fix that would be great as 
well.  Thanks in advance.
SeanLos Angeles



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Hi everyone,We would really love input from anyone who has experience 
teaching PDC's.
My husband is beginning to teach (under two and soon three seasoned teachers) 
and it is a wonderful thing for us-for him to share his incredible knowledge 
about permaculture.I wanted to student teach, but have ended up being in the 
much needed roll of course organizer, advertiser, PR, registration, etc. 
which I love-it's my THING...so together we make a great team, and our time 
has come, because the Southeast is really humming about Permaculture..
But my question is this...HOW do you maintain a life, AND your farm, when you 
are away teaching!We have worked for 3 years to begin this farm, and have 
created an "Institute" and a vision to go with it, and now Bob is being asked 
to teach-A LOT, and the farm is too much for me to handle alone.We've had 
some bad experience with WWOOFers and other frequently rotating help. At this 
point it looks as if we have to bring people in as a community or quit 
teaching-and spreading the knowledge is why we get UP every morning!
By no means am I complaining, we are just a bit overwhelmed with how much our 
life and some big issues are changing for us as we begin to teach, and would 
like to know how other seasoned teachers incorporated being gone so much into 
their farm life!
Thank you for the huge collective wise mind that you all are!
'dohi'Isabel Crabtree




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Sean,

Plant the edges of the pond to trap & filter the sediment before it
reaches the pond. A mulch dam at the main spillways into the pond also
works wonders. Ponds clear up in a couple of years after the
vegetation takes hold around the edges.

Kevin Topek

On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:30 AM, chauncey williams wrote:

>
> Hello,I recently installed 3 rainwater catchment ponds on my
> property that I would like to use for irrigation, fish, and aquatic
> plants.  Each time they get filled by rain, no matter how well we
> clean the source, the ponds still get brown and murky from clay
> sediment.  Does anyone have successful experience filtering clay
> sediment out of the water?  All I can think of is a gravel/sand
> filter that would be hooked up before the water gets to the pond,
> but my conclusion is that it would get clogged up pretty quick
> during a rainstorm.  How about filtering the water that is already
> in the ponds?
> Also have a leak in one pond that required 2 liners to be seamed
> together with a special tape, any tips regarding how to fix that
> would be great as well.  Thanks in advance.
> SeanLos Angeles
>
>
>
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