Overflowing Pond!

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What stops a pond from overflowing, and water spilling out into the
garden, when there is heavy rain?

[Sean[_2_]]

> wrote in message
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> What stops a pond from overflowing, and water spilling out into the
> garden, when there is heavy rain?
>

If you're talking about an existing pond ... not a lot, unless you redesign
parts of it to incorporate an overflow system (covering the overflow with a
gauze so fish don't get stuck). I wonder if there's any eleectrical system
that can detect the level of water rising and pump out water until it
returns to level.

I guess that the design and working of a filter system may provide a
solution for some sort of overflow.

[Phyllis and Jim]

In an river or a lake we call that flooding. Ponds too. Ours
overflows in big rains. We built in a place for it to do that by
having a part of the cement edge that is 1 1/2" lower than the rest
(Used a 2 x 6 to make a form). That makes the overflow occur where we
want it. Only a few big storms in the last decade have gone over the
edge elsewwhere.

Jim

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most rains the water just leaks out over the top, but where there are heavy rains and
during hurricanes ponds do overflow and fish do get out and lost. A friend in the
path of hurricanes goes out and runs a pump to take down her ponds. in fact lowering
both the ponds and her swimming pool are usual to her pre hurricane planning. Ingrid

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>What stops a pond from overflowing, and water spilling out into the
>garden, when there is heavy rain?



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[Black_King_Rook]

Phyllis and Jim wrote:
> In an river or a lake we call that flooding. Ponds too. Ours
> overflows in big rains. We built in a place for it to do that by
> having a part of the cement edge that is 1 1/2" lower than the rest
> (Used a 2 x 6 to make a form). That makes the overflow occur where we
> want it. Only a few big storms in the last decade have gone over the
> edge elsewwhere.
>
> Jim
>
>

Ron is gonna get mad at you for answering here instead of RPM. Or did
you get kicked out as a moderator?

[Sean[_2_]]

"Black_King_Rook" > wrote in message
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> Phyllis and Jim wrote:
>> In an river or a lake we call that flooding. Ponds too. Ours
>> overflows in big rains. We built in a place for it to do that by
>> having a part of the cement edge that is 1 1/2" lower than the rest
>> (Used a 2 x 6 to make a form). That makes the overflow occur where we
>> want it. Only a few big storms in the last decade have gone over the
>> edge elsewwhere.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>
> Ron is gonna get mad at you for answering here instead of RPM. Or did you
> get kicked out as a moderator?


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Thanks, that's done the trick.