Sunset Nature Preserve 91-08-24

Nearing completion you can see the drainage pipe sticking out of the dike. The depth of the pond is about 10 feet at this point. We expect the finished pond depth to be around 8 feet.

Certain sections of the property have soil that will not hold water. To solve this problem we lined the bottom of the pond with two layers of 6 mil plastic. To the left you can see Larry Esser and Jeremy Rickert unrolling the 100 foot roll of plastic.

With most of the plastic in place and being held down by rocks and an old tire, Pat Esser removes the creases and folds in the plastic as much as possible. The next step was to have the bulldozer put back two feet of dirt on top of the plastic.