Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Syphon Drainage System - Referral & Freezing ?s

Using steel and dismantling may be the best option. I don't know.

One of the issues is that I already have 400 feet of 14 inch PVC ordered. I've been communicating with ponddampiping about the angle connections and such.

I'm thinking that heavy duty PVC pipe of that size won't be much fun moving around and reconnecting very often. Plus, I was thinking about digging it in a little bit so could mow overtop it and etc. The only problem is that freeze issue.

My lake gets a lot of drainage so I would almost have to drain it down a good 15 - 20 feet each fall before disconnecting to avoid a lot of water going over the spillway. Doing that would run risk of freezing more if didn't get the normal rains. It would also really concentrate all the fish which could make my fathead population disappear faster.

I agree that there should be some good option. I just haven't figured it out. Please let all of us know if you figure it out or devise something that works well.