re: Draining a Private Lake

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if he cuts a levee and the lake drains fast it will probably bring a lot of sediment in with it.

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That is true. He'll probably need to pump at some point anyway, since the bottom of the pond is likely below the bottom of the levee. And no BMPs you'd put up to control sediment are going to hold with 8 acres of water pushing on them.

OP, you trying to drain it dry or just lower the water to get stuff that's growing around the edges? You could rent a 6" pump that flows about 2500 gpm. If your 8 acres averages 5' deep you could suck it dry with one 6" pump flowing 2500gpm in about 70 hours. Would be price of pump rental plus about $500 in diesel.