Michael
There are small half acre dry dams in parts of the highlands of central Mexico. Water accumulates during the wet season but quickly sinks into the rocky soil. The water table is hundreds of feet down – wells are impractical. This is a great hardship on the villages in these areas because they cannot rely on the water for their animals during the dry season. I would like to help one of these villages to keep their water in the pond (see attached photo of the pond) during the dry season. Since they have pigs as well as goats and chickens, it may be that the gleying method you describe may work for them. The problem I see is that it takes a lot of pig manure to line a 20,000 sq ft pond. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Robert Fraser
Berkeley, CA
robtfraser@sbcglobal.net
