Ponds - Planning, Design, Construction

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United States, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resouces Conservation Service, Agriculture Handbook Number 590, Issued June 1982, Revised September 1997.

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Ponds - Planning, Design, Construction (9.65 MB)

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Cover page, Acknowledgements, and Table of Contents (894 KB)
Chapter 1. Introduction (114 KB)
Chapter 2. Water Needs (821 KB)
Chapter 3. Preliminary investigations (567 KB)
Chapter 4. Estimating storm runoff (1.06 MB)
Chapter 5. Site surveys (144 KB)
Chapter 6. Embankment ponds (3.39 MB)
Chapter 7. Excavated ponds (621 KB)
Chapter 8. Sealing the pond (516 KB)
Chapter 9. Establishing vegetation (260 KB)
Chapter 10. Operating and maintaining the pond (129 KB)
Chapter 11. Pond safety (106 KB)
References (254 KB)
Glossary (354 KB)
Appendices (990 KB)