A pond we built, under construction, an off-road dump truck crossing the basin

Trophy Pond in Georgia

Lake design and construction in Georgia

If a pond or small lake is built without the right depth, structure or compaction, leaks, erosion and poor habitat follow. We design and build Georgia lakes for the fishery from the first drawing.

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A pond in rolling wooded hills in spring

1Building in Georgia

Georgia Safe Dams, design and rehabilitation

Georgia's Safe Dams Program covers dams 25 feet or taller or holding 100 acre-feet or more, and regulates only Category I dams, where failure would probably cost lives. A dam outside that program gets no state review, which makes the builder's own standards the real protection.

We also rehabilitate existing Georgia lakes: deepening, re-sealing and restoring habitat while the equipment is on site.

2Lake design

A lake drawn for the fish it will hold

Depth and bottom contours drawn for the fish you want, and every step needed to keep the water in, planned before the first tree comes down. Walt Foreman knows things about both that other contractors do not.

Painting by Mark Susinno: a largemouth bass and a bluegill under the surface by a fallen tree, an angler casting a topwater lure above

3Permits

Georgia approvals to check

Where	What can apply
Georgia	Georgia's Safe Dams Program covers dams 25 feet or taller or holding 100 acre-feet or more, and regulates only Category I dams, where a failure would probably cost lives.
Every state	Section 404 of the Clean Water Act covers filling streams and wetlands. Farm and stock ponds are on the EPA exemption list, with exceptions, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides whether a site is a regulated water. Nobody should tell you your lake is exempt before that check.

Questions

Building in Georgia: questions

Engraved illustration of a largemouth bass

Does Georgia regulate my lake dam?

Georgia's Safe Dams Program covers dams 25 feet or taller or holding 100 acre-feet or more, and regulates only Category I dams, where a failure would probably cost lives.