Agriculture Handbook : Ponds - Planning, Design, Construction

This handbook describes embankment and excavated ponds and outlines the requirements for building each. The information comes from the field experience and observation of land users, engineers, conservationists, and other specialists.
The first version of this handbook was prepared under the guidance of Ronald W. Tuttle, national landscape architect for the USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Gene Highfill, national agricultural engineer (retired), NRCS, Washington, DC. This version of the handbook was prepared by Clifton Deal, soil mechanic engineer, NRCS Portland, Oregon; Jerry Edwards, hydraulic engineer (retired), NRCS, Columbia, Missouri; Neil Pellmann, agricultural engineer, NRCS, Columbia, Missouri; Ronald W. Tuttle; and under the guidance of Donald Woodward, national hydrologist, NRCS, Washington, DC. The appendixes material was originally prepared for Landscape Architecture Note 2—Landscape Design: Ponds by Gary Wells, landscape architect, NRCS, Lincoln, Nebraska. Mary R. Mattinson, editor; Lovell S. Glasscock, editor; John D. Massey, visual information specialist; and Wendy R. Pierce, illustrator; NRCS, Fort Worth, Texas, provided assistance in preparing the document for publishing. "Issued June 1982; Revised November 1997" Includes bibliographical references