Ok, this is not an earth shaking comment, but - I remember Ponds as a hand cream, not a soap.

Twenty years ago, our neighborhood added a beautiful pond with a strong feed from a brook. I don't think it lasted more than a week before it flooded over and carried loads of mud and gravel down to a fish hatchery in the valley below, wiping out hundreds of fish in various stages of growth. It was devastating to the developer, and the gravel-banked hole is now overgrown with young birch trees and scrub growth - a sad reminder of what might have been...

When I read the title I thought "that sounds a lot like last night's Madmen". Do you watch that show? I think it is Ponds that the ad execs are trying to come up with a way to sell, and all the market tests are showing that use of the product should be related to getting a man.
Good luck with the pond. I somehow had no idea that nature sustaining ponds could be created by people. It's going to be beautiful I'm sure.

The escaped pond that I wrote about already is the opposite of the healthy man-made pond I visited in Hartland, where I swam with a friend. She reports that the pond is completely healthy, requires no maintenance, and provides good habitat for frogs and other life. I hope you get the green flag for such an addition.

Yes, it was Pond's Face Cream, apparently!
Thanks, Anne, for your second post! The first one made me very nervous!
Test holes are being dug at this very moment. All the signs look good.