Agricultural ponds are essential to proper farm watershed management and involve substantial earthwork and planning by professionals with experience and the appropriate equipment. Ponds require an adequate water supply to provide clean and consistent water levels. With proper inspection and planning, ponds can be supplied by surface runoff, groundwater, springs, streams, and/or wells. Professional farm pond construction also requires careful site study to locate gently sloping terrain inside a proper drainage basin.

Typically, the earth excavated to deepen the basin can be used to build the dam for the pond. Additionally, it is imperative to locate the pond where the clay content of the basin soil is high enough to hold water in the pond. With proper planning, a professional pond construction firm with the necessary equipment to build and help with maintaining ponds will be able to keep a farm supplied with usable water in a sustainable and locally controlled watershed.