I just got off the phone with my pond builder. He will be here next Monday to start clearing the area and to get elevation readings. I told him I wanted a siphon system and he is already trying to talk me out of it mainly is because he says we will have too many trees in our area and it will clog the pipe with blown leaves and debree that settles in the pond. I understand you can put the pipe 3-4 ft. off the bottom. He said I would constantly be needing to clean the screen. What do Ya'll think. I do have 25 acres of trees surrounding the area. What is a good method for filtering the end of the pipe? Kind of upsets me after doing all the research here on your website and making my decision for raising lmb and the siphon system he is not wanting to do it that way...

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