someone posted on here a long time back about putting the stand pipe on the back side. he said it was very common in his area. i didn't think about the silt in the pipe. it surely couldn't lie on the bottom. maybe up a foot or so would resolve the silt issue. i am in a warm climate, but i would think that the backside outlet could freeze. i also think the person posting about the pipe on the backside was using steel.
i thought it was a good idea because it would be pulling the bad water from the bottom. also thought it might help drluke not having to lower the water level or work in the mud. i really like what drluke did, i bet almost all of us wish we could raise our pond level or increase the size.
Steel will rupture with freezing even easier than plastic. I think the reason most people don't put it on the outside is fear of freezing. Also, if not collared and compacted well, water could wick along the pipe.
