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Live in southern Kansas have 5 acre pond that recieves alot of run off.When it rains pond over flow pipes can't keep up I have an 12" and 15"
diameter overflow pipes.The pipes are "S"shaped
in the dam with the inlet higher than the outlet
with it snaking down in the middle of the dam.
Wanted to know if venting the pipes 2 feet from the inlet would let the pipes flow the full diameter of water when the water gets above the top of the pipe.This letting the pond be pulled down by the pipes rather than going out the emergency spillway.
Kelly
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Not real sure what you mean by venting, but putting a hood on your pipes will allow full flow by breaking up the vortex that forms when water goes down a pipe. Which is the cause of a pipe not getting full discharge. You want the water to flow in straight lines instead of circles. Do a search on hooded spillways.
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