So I have been thinking about this 3" trash pump tidea for sucking out the muck.

I am wonder what others have done to pump and then separate the muck from the water. Has anybody posted a homebuild system to pump the muck and then filter the muck while flowing the water back toward the pond?

This doesn't seemm like it should be such a major engineering effort but I always like to learn from others and use the good ideas.

Can any body guide me to the good ideas?