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Drain Pipe #5142 07/22/05 02:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8 Missouri B Billy OP Junior Member
OP Billy Junior Member B Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8 Missouri	I just finished the renovation of my old pond (35 years old) and it sits on approximately six acres. It is about a half acre in total size and it is fifteen feet deep in the middle. I put in a 6" drain pipe with anti-seep collars and ran the pipe up about eight feet from the bottom. I did make a natural spillway for large rain runoff so I think I'm fine. My question is; Do I need to run the drain up farther because all I want it for is to get rid of weeds when they get to bad. Thanks................. P.S. My pond is now about a third of the way full!

Re: Drain Pipe #5143 07/25/05 04:45 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8 Missouri B Billy OP Junior Member
OP Billy Junior Member B Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8 Missouri	Here is a picture of my drain pipe and the water level is already over for feet deep! http://www.snapfish.com/gettnurl?a_=25759001&u_=29368586&n_=SFOPRD07&subscribername=SNAPFISH

Re: Drain Pipe #5144 07/26/05 07:35 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 823 S.E. Iowa M Matt Clark Lunker
Matt Clark Lunker M Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 823 S.E. Iowa	Hey Billy. Kinda tough to see (small picture) but if that's a vertical stand pipe, you might consider installing a trash collar (screen) on it so that some branches or a turtle (that's ugly) doesn't plug it up and cause a major problem. In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now...