MA is extremely conservative about such things. They can guide you through it, if they will even allow it. But it really is teh ConCom you you be dealing with. When I threw out conservation commission in the second post, I was just throwing out an example knowing all states were different. This is the first time you told us you were in MA.

On land, you wouldn't build a house without a permit!!! I hope it's not wet!!!!ĭo not start the project without taking care of both the water and land. (you mentioned it 'can never be built on') then the state would be involved with it as well. Most likely the county will be involved with the land issue but, if the area is close to being a 'wet land'. States own bodies of water even if all the land around it is privately held. We don't have any neighbors close to complain about that our land backs up to association land that can never be built on. Oh and digging a large enough ditch wouldn't be a problem we have friends with an excavator who would put it on our property. As far as the lake itself though, it's small and private so there are only loosely organized associates which govern it Would I be dealing with a local, state, or federal agency? I will definitely have to look into the permitting process. Wow first off that response rate was impressive, 6 in forty minutes. Does anyone have any idea if this will work? How big/powerful of a pump will we need? How manuverable is the pump head will it need to be attached to the dock? Any insight would be great, we're just trying to get any idea of what we could do. The area we'd like to clear is about 20x30' and we'd be fine with just clearing a few spots if the 20x30 area ends up being too large. The area we'd like to move is a very soft mud with a sandy bottom we're trying to reach. The ditch would be about 300ft away and 25 ft uphill. We've been considering renting a 3 or 4' trash pump and pumping the material up to a ditch/containment area we'll make. The channel was originally only about 5 ft deep so now that were down to about 3ft in most places we've decided to see if we can do anything about it.

The channel was man made about 30 years ago and over the years the weeds and other material that have floated down have caused about two feet of sediment build up.

We've got a place at the end of a channel and the prevailing winds inevitably blow anything and everything down to the end of it. I posted this message on Planetnautique and received no replies, this is a bit more of a DIY crowd so hopefully someone out there has some ideas.

Diy pond dredge pump