Cistern Pond

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Just wanted to create a progress album for my cistern project. Right now it's a 10x8x8 ft cistern at about 4000 gallons. My plan is to fill it up to about 5 ft deep and then line it since there are major cracks in the wall.

Cistern when I bought the house with a rotten pergola and swing
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Cistern after removing the lid which already had huge cracks in it.
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a few more pics with the center filter wall knocked down
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Couple more photos after filling with 18 tons of sand

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Finally making some actual pond progress.
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Pond filled and some rocks put down.
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Made my skippy filter today.
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I made a little progress on the pond this week.
Here's the pond with the filter and quilt batting in place. A ladder makes a quick makeshift framework for the quilt batting
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I was able to get a good start on the border around the pond, still not sure what I'm going to do as far as landscaping around the rocks

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And here's a little closer view of the filter. Probably by this fall I'm going to do a waterfall on the side where the filter is.
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Fish are in the pond and are happy with the extra space.
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Some more images now that the water is clear
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