Water Gardening: Need any thoughts on my mud filled pond, 1 by caganimalover

caganimalover wrote:
1) Yes it has a large thick liner.
2) You mean under the waterfall liner? The other day I forgot about the soaker hose had left it on for a really long time and there was a little water that went down into the pond. If it is going under the liner, got any ideas on how to fix that problem?
3) The wall is solid. A very few holes were left for drainage, but I don't know if they actually do drain. Water unfortunately does go over the wall. I am working on coming up with a solid plan on how to fix that problem without putting in another wall up above the current wall.
4) The top of the Waterfall has a HUGE rock (put there because it was the only location we could get it in due to the weight). The actual container where the water comes out is infront of the rock and sets approximately 4" above the bottom of the rock.
5) Yep, not a pretty picture. We thought (until this morning) that ALL the muddy water problems were coming over the right corner where the big rock in front and the wall meet. We didn't suspect the water draining from other areas causing a direct problem with filling up the pond since we had seen the water POURING over that corner. I was real dissapointed this morning when I got up and saw the pond full. I had placed 3 rock barriers on the right side of the waterfall to stop the flow that came over that corner. Couldn't see last night it was too dark, but I am suspecting that my barriers worked for that corner problem spot and that there is even more water causing problems from another portion of the wall or coming around the curb from the driveway. We didn't think the water from other locations was going INTO the pond because the edging around the pond sits a tad bit higher than the patio and angles slightly upward (what we thought would keep water from going in). ~~~ Carol