Another thing that might help is if you arrange the intake pipe so it is facing down stream, and put some rocks or cement blocks on either side of the intake extending for a few feet down stream, this will allow much debris to flow past the pipe without being sucked in.
yeah we did that a few years ago and it really cut down the trash a lot. most of the time we are pumping the water is not actually flowing in the creek it is just still and thats when we collect the most trash. The creek only flows after a good rain or the snow melts off, allowing us only a few days or maybe a week to pump water. Thats why we can't keep it full all the time. We'll get it full then we'll get a drought for a few months and it will all leach out or evaporate. I think our biggest problem with loosing water in the pond is we just can't keep the banks saturated and it dries out. then it takes a lot of water to soak back in before it seals, which makes me think it's not sealed when it really is. Does this sound possible?
