Hello fellow Pondbossers,
I have a 10-30 acre (depending on the weather) body of water that is dammed and I think I want to bleed water out of it to control the water level and make wetlands down stream. The dam has a culvert that only flows water when we've had lots of rain, say once every ten years.
I'd like to be able to adjust the height of the water so I can flood down stream on a whim to promote growth of wild rice and the like.
A. Does any of this sound like a bad idea?
B. Can anyone suggest a spillway design?
I have a backhoe and I'd like some adjustment in the spillway not just an on-off valve.
-Jim
