How To Find A Pond Leak
By Danielle Dickinson, Fri Dec 9th
How to find a Pond Leak
If you have ever experienced a leak in your pond you will knowhow time consuming and frustrating pinpointing the source of theleak can be! While all ponds will lose some water due to normalenvironmental issues such as evaporation through sun or wind andsplash, major water loss is a significant problem.
The following steps should help make the task a little easier:
1.Turn off the pump and observe water levels
(a) Does the water level continue to drop? If yes go to Step 3
(b) Does the water level remain the same? If yes go to step 2
2.The leak is not in your base pond.
(a)Inspect your plumbing, making sure that all joins andfastenings are tight and waterproof.
(b)Ensure no plant matter is intruding into the creek/waterfallcausing water to run along plant stems and out of the pond.
(c)Check the positioning of your rocks / pebbles. They may havemoved into the water, raising the water level thus causing waterto spill out.
(d)When surrounding garden area is dry check for wet patches,indicating leaks. Inspect closer around the source of any wetpatches.
(e)Check your creek / waterfall for a build-up of organic mattersuch as leaves, branches and twigs. Debris can cause dams thusraising the water level causing the water to spill out.
(f)Check liner is still in its original position
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