1 Acre Pond - Need overflow pipe suggestions - 04/05/08 01:25 AM
Location - southwestern Pennsylvania
I'm building in a natural small ravine that has a spring flowing through. The drainage area that flows through this ravine is probably about 20 acres at most - mainly agriculture and a bit of woods.
I'm not sure of the flow of the spring just yet. There's an old spring house in the field from when there was a barn nearby that burned down many years ago. The spring house was surely there for watering cattle.
Over the years from plowing and sediment the spring house is nearly buried. A neighbor said he could remember standing inside of it many years ago. I plan to dig up the
old spring house, lay some slotted drain in a rock filled ditch beginning in this spot for about 20 feet or so, then transition to solid pipe. From there to the pond area is probably about 200 feet, with about 10 feet of elevation drop. Theguy building my pond is a local old timer and I've seen ponds where he will
turn the pipe up into the air at the discharge point to aerate the pond. Seems to work pretty well and I may have him do that here as well.
My pond will likely be about an acre in surface area, and about 8 feet deep at it's lowest point. I plan on having the dam/embankment about 12 feet high and allowing for an emergency spillway at about 10 feet.
Just trying to figure out what to do for the overflow pipe - looking to do myself for as cheap as possible, aren't we all.....
Thanks in advance for ideas/suggestions
Scott
I'm building in a natural small ravine that has a spring flowing through. The drainage area that flows through this ravine is probably about 20 acres at most - mainly agriculture and a bit of woods.
I'm not sure of the flow of the spring just yet. There's an old spring house in the field from when there was a barn nearby that burned down many years ago. The spring house was surely there for watering cattle.
Over the years from plowing and sediment the spring house is nearly buried. A neighbor said he could remember standing inside of it many years ago. I plan to dig up the
old spring house, lay some slotted drain in a rock filled ditch beginning in this spot for about 20 feet or so, then transition to solid pipe. From there to the pond area is probably about 200 feet, with about 10 feet of elevation drop. Theguy building my pond is a local old timer and I've seen ponds where he will
turn the pipe up into the air at the discharge point to aerate the pond. Seems to work pretty well and I may have him do that here as well.
My pond will likely be about an acre in surface area, and about 8 feet deep at it's lowest point. I plan on having the dam/embankment about 12 feet high and allowing for an emergency spillway at about 10 feet.
Just trying to figure out what to do for the overflow pipe - looking to do myself for as cheap as possible, aren't we all.....
Thanks in advance for ideas/suggestions
Scott