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Old 04-24-2025, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Tvflguy View Post
May be a dumb question... How are NEW ponds filled - like the new ones down south? And how are some kept quite high? And are most of our ponds naturally filled with overflow rain/etc from the flood control system.
My understanding is they have the ability to pump upper aquifer water into the ponds.

They also can move water between ponds that are interconnected to the same system.