Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Property Projects & Construction Vertical Standpipe with Debris Shield Clogging

It will be continuous. There is nothing that you can do to stop that. There are band-aids but the end result will be the same.

You can put a larger screen around that intake screen, say 4' square made from cyclone fencing and smaller wire, and extend that 12" below the standpipe and 24"-36" above it. That way the stand pipe screen will stay relatively clean but you will have to clean the bigger screen, just not as frequently.

The only way to keep the screen clean is to NOT have debris floating on the pond, and that is impossible.