New lakes or ponds

The key to planning or designing a new waterscape lies in an accurate survey of the proposed site.

Our management team can be commissioned to evaluate your site using laser technology and Ordinance Survey plotting to convey levels onto your site plan. The survey will take into account any existing water within the landscape including flow rates of proposed feeds and potential to drain excess water and run off within the vicinity. In some cases we may need to dig trial holes to ascertain groundwater conditions and soil type. A lake or pond constructed in clay soil for instance would require a relatively high water table and a good source of water. This information will be used as a basis for the design process.

De-silting and renovation

The first step towards a management plan for your lake or pond is to ascertain the extent of silting and detritus to be removed.

Evaluating a silted or overgrown pond would usually be carried out as a part of the quotation process. However, a lake or large body of water would usually require a detailed commissioned survey to accurately define volumes of silt and their analysis. Using a boat our team will plot depths of water and levels of silt over the required area. This information would be presented to the client in the form of plan and sectional drawings together with an estimated ‘wet volume’ of the spoil to be disposed of.

The surrounding environment can then be appraised to find suitable areas of land to locate dredged spoil, whether it be it used to fill in low areas adjacent to the banks of the lake or land-spread over a wider area. The findings of the survey will determine the basis for the de-silting plan.