We need some expert advice!

Our subdivision has a roughly acre pond about 20 years old and the vertical pipe (12" corrugated) with the screen on top broke way below water level and our pond is almost dry now. It will rain some more tonight. How do we go about finding someone locally (Paulding County, GA) who has the equipment and know how to fix it properly? It is very mucky down there and we have not seen the end of the pipe yet. My neighbor has the idea to wait for it to drain completely and then build a concrete base around the broken pipe and then attach a new vertical section pipe or build a brick chimney up to where the water level should be, but it is deep mud mud and will constantly fill with water as soon as we try to dig around it. ANY advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ron

Last edited by Engineerly; 10/15/09 08:32 AM.