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The Soil Conservation guy says there is nearly 20 Acres of watershed coming into my proposed pond site. As you can see from the attached images, much of the watershed area is wooded or lawn. I have shown in the second image a pond with approximately .75 surface acres. The concern is about silt and leaves. The soil consrvation recommends nothing less than 1 surface acre with this much watershed. I certainly don't have the experience to "over rule" his recommendation. I am hoping that some of you folks do.

Thanks in advance.

Dan

With a siphon, you should never have a problem.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. It looks like the water will be mainly entering the pond from the North, and running South/SouthWest. Could you dig a small catch pond before the main pond to trap sediment/leaves?

I agree with Dave. Sizing the overflow pipe correctly will eliminate many problems. More water can be moved with a siphon system than with a standpipe/thru dam drain pipe if both pipes are the same size.

Thanks for the responses. I will definately look into a siphon discharge. Is the siphon more cost effective than oversizing piping with a through dam drain pipe?

The flow is actually the other direction. Any incite oh how to size the catch pond (length, width, depth)? Perhaps I could put one on the upstream side of the future gravel drive.

Thanks again