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I live in northeastern Ohio. I have a homemade pond in the
backyard, about 500-750 gallons. The pond has a black plastic
liner. I just went outside and the plastic liner has risen
up from the ground; I removed some rocks and looked under
the plastic liner. There is ground water that is forcing the
liner to rise. This happens several times a year and I have
to use a sump pump to remove all the water from beneath the
liner, then put it back in place and wait for the liner to
rise again. I have contacted several landscape companies and
none can give me a way to fix this problem, short of installing
some sort of expensive permanent sump pump in the yard. Is
there a way for me to solve this problem on my own? What about
removing the plastic liner altogether?
Hi Heather,
The only real solution to your
problem would be to move the pond. Many inexperienced ponders
assume that the best location for a pond is the most "natural"
one; that low spot on the property that is always the last
place to dry out after a rain. It's the worst possible place
to put a pond, since the proximity of the water table to
the surface will push the liner right up.
Move your pond to high ground,
the highest place on your lot would be best. If necessary,
*make* some high ground with landcaping block and put the
pond there!
(Answer courtesy Bob Passovoy)
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