Originally posted by rockytopper:
Emergency overflows are not full proof at least this pond's isn't it has a 50 ft wide 3 ft deep emergency spillway around the end, apparently it ain't big enough. I'm working to remedy that cutting another around the other end and raising the dam.
The literature I have seen says you need two. Mine does not plug up, erode, nor does it seep. To me that's foolproof as long as it can take as much rain as mother nature can give me. Mine also flows continuously when I'm running ground water into my trout pond.