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

aggiecorgi wrote:
Caganimalover,

I think I've got a solution. I'm assuming that you're patio doesn't drain toward the pond, and that the flow is just coming from the land above the pond and wall. Please see my attached sketch. The berm should be well packed, but can have looser soil on top to form a planting bed. This should limit the flow to just the area between the berm and the pond. You can extend the berm/rasied bed to be raised from behind the waterfall (at least 2' behind the big rock) to the retaining wall.

And your other question....I have flow from rain storms under my pond liner due to movement of water through the soil. If you have no leaks in your liner and the flow from your waterfall is entering the pond only and not under the liner the water should flow away on it's own after a few days. The weight of the water in your pond should discourage the "floating liner" effect if the adjacent soil is not saturated. If you still have problems you can install a tile drain under the pond which will encourage water in the soil to leave the area more quickly.