PREPARING TO LINE THE POND - 1997

Bill and I used a "water level" - two vertical clear plastic tubes marked off with inches and fractions of an inch connected by a long flexible stretch of tygon tubing. The tubing and the vertical tubes contain water and can be used to equalize height over a distance as long as the tygon tubing will allow.

We marked all around the edges of the pond at the level of its outlet. Then Bill cut a "shelf" about 8-10 inches wide at that level. Later, the pond liner will fit over the shelf and be held in place by rocks. But first it was necessary to pump out the existing water.