Hi, a friend of mine has a small stream in his back yard. It's not very strong. If I had to guess I would say it has twice the amount of water of an average shower. Also, the slope is rather flat, do it's relatively slow.
Question: could you provide or help me find some info on how to turn it into something like a waterfall? A 6' drop would be nice!
Many thanks in advance!
I'd look in yellow pages under landscaping.
Sure, a six foot drop (as you request) might be possible. Can't see it from here.
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You already have a bulldozer? That would simplify the re-grading needed to get the drop.
Consider getting a dump truck too. No rush though, it will probably take a couple of years to get the permits you need to change the stream flow. The engineering study can be done in less than six months.
Under the new rules, that is now a "navigable water of the U.S.". No can do.
Altering a stream here in New Jersey would get you in a lot of trouble. Better check with the town, county, and state before digging.
That's what I was thinking at first too, ie that it's a joke. But I think the OP my mean creating an artificial waterfall with rocks, etc and using the stream water via a pump to make it flow over it. IDK how it would look, integrate in etc.
Thought about that too. Likely depends on if it's a real stream and if you're located where such is actually enforced for such a thing, you have neighbors that care, etc. With a flow like a shower, it doesn't sound like much of a real stream.
Could be from a natural spring up the road. Probably get sued by Poland Springs if he touches it.
Yep, hard to mess with streams, you don't really own them they don't start on your property or stop either.
If it was mine, I might move around a couple of rocks to create small pools, and little runoffs, but don't do anything that has a large impact on the water flow or looks man made. I believe you can keep trash out and stuff like that without worry, but I'm not a lawyer.
Two ways...
Whoops, just thought of a third way...differential tectonic upheaval but you'd have no control over that :)
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