Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Dam pipe vs. spillway

cwooten,

I recommend having both; a pipe drain for normal fill level runoff + an emergency spillway for the unusually large rain event.

I'm not sure why your NRCS guy would frown on a bottom draw system other than in my dealings with pond folks - they don�t recommend what they don�t know. The advantage of a bottom draw system is to remove oxygen depleted water + the installation puts the hole through your dam at the water level vs. the bottom of your dam which is much easier to install and get to if there is a problem, IMO.

Gator