OT but maybe people with pond can help?

Trying to balance probable success with cost---

I think the best solution would be to get a local concrete company to deliver a full truck of fairly stiff mix, and dump it over and all around the drain inlet.

If conditions are such that a concrete truck can't essentially back up to the area and chute the mix to where it's needed, then I'd hire a concrete pump as well. They can literally put the snout of the pump's arm down in the water, right to where you want it, and simply pump out a huge plug for the drain and its surroundings.

You're probably looking at 600 - 800 bucks, if concrete there costs what it does here.

Concrete is "hydraulic cement," which means it will cure and harden when immersed in its own solvent (water). If you pour the 'crete stiff enough to stay where you put it, it'll harden right there.

Best of luck!!

Well we still had a leak and it was behind the spill way. If you have a leak for sure you will see it on the other side. The spill way has been concreted. I have read a lot about this, talked to folks about this type of leak. Dump'n a load of clay mite do it. I was told that repairing a damm was not EZ its like welding, you have to remove material to B able to git the new clay to seal to the old, a iffy situation. I was told git hogs, or ducks any animal that will Waller in the mud that would seal the leak. I also was told of drillers mud a special blend of clay that mite seal the leak. Have'n nuttin to loose and a buddy with a big dump truck and a free supply of saw dust we dumped a loads of saw dust on the suspect area that was leak'in. well we missed the leak still had it. After a big rain I keep a eye on it till I could see were the water had a little swrill to it like a sink draining. I dumped another load their. I will say it still leaks but not much, very little, may have stopped it best I can tell now. We have went threw the driest August on record, been dry all summer. The pond is holding up well. I and my uncle irrigate out of it. One time I got lucky, hope my luck holds out. If not the brick yard will be out another load of sawdust. Yes they mix sawdust into the brick mix, it burns out and makes'em liter, some folks pay extra for the ruff look it will give the brick when to much has been put into the mix. Not sure if it goes on still, useing contaminated dirt was once used big time in the brick mix but i think they don't add it any more.

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