This happened some months ago but everyone has at least one story, here is mine, whats yours?
Like most of you I work on my pond nearly every day doing something. I like the peace and serinity that comes from being outside and seeing the Pond come alive as a result of the work of my hands. You get a sense of accomplishment. Then disaster strikes and all you can do is watch.
As you know my pond looks like this:
But just a few months ago I got a real kick in the teeth!:( Due to some new homes going up around me my pond was put at risk and most of my work was destroyed. The builder brought in quite a bit of sand fill to build the house on and in the process filled in a drainage ditch (illegal by the way) the water from a torrential rain quickly overwelmed what was left of the ditch and ran accross the property across the new sand and carried silt and dirty water across the back of the newly developed property and the runoff gained speed as it ran across another freshly developed property. Couple that with poorly maintained ditches (which I raised cain with the county about) and you have a combination that spells diaster My water WAS clear right until this day and has not fully recovered since. Here is what I had to witness, This is the water running off my neighbors property (through his nasty dog pen and onto my property unabated:
that mess headed straight for my pond:
mixed with my pond water:
and nearly broke my spirit as I watched my hard work get destroyed:
I nearly had to go to court to get the problem fixed but the county and the builder blinked first and laws were enforced, new ditches dug, drainage was corrected, silt fences put up and hay bales put into high flow areas. Haven't had a problem since. Now if I could just get this water to clear.
I also lost 52 of my fish,
NOT happy
