Your Pond Saves the World
The newest installment from Tim Matson, author of the bestselling Earthponds series:
YOUR POND SAVES THE WORLD
Ask anybody in the land use field today, and they’ll tell you that topic number one is storm water runoff management. Rural ponds used to be part of that effort, and in fact the USDA pioneered pond building as a control for erosion and flooding.
As a pond designer I was once able to use USDA services to help map out watersheds so I could properly size pond spillway systems to handle maximum storm runoff. They also had soil maps, and field agents to help survey pond site contours and generally get a pond plan ready for the excavator.
Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Sustainable Living.
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