Raise Height Of Dam - Can I Use Existing Siphon? - 07/19/18 05:55 PM
Help needed! I am planning on adding about 2-3 feet of height to my dam in order to raise the water level up. I currently have a 12" pvc siphon system that works great. Any ideas on how to use it without digging the whole thing up? My idea is to simply extend the length of the pipe that is buried on the slope upward a foot or 2 and then come back across the dam at the new height and then down into the pond. This only causes me to buy a few elbows as I should be able to mostly reuse the existing pipe. Does anybody think that my idea will not work - or have a better one? One other thought I had was to forget about the siphon and just cut the end off that is going down into the pond and turning a 90 degree elbow up at the cut end and adding a short length of pvc on it to get to the new water level. I could then put a trash rack on top of it and be done. That would be fast and easy - but maybe not best. Thanks!