posted 10 years ago
Hi Edgar,
What is this area used for? Orchard, firewood coppice, wild area? As Bengi suggests, swales would be good for a variety of options...
Is it possible to catch the water in swales, and move it along contour to a place where the topography and/or soil is better suited for storing it?
Your idea of a smaller pond, presumably fed by swales, that you use to feed a larger pond elsewhere, is reasonable... but does depend on the pump, the power source for the pump. Ease of this option will of course depend on how far you need to pump the water, and the reliability of the infrastructure.
I recall that Sepp Holzer uses a pump that relies on flowing water to move a small fraction (10%?) of that water uphill... how much water do you have moving through, and how much do you want to catch?
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