KY Pond,

I finally was able to determine what the problem with the system is. It is buried under mud. Also, the pipe was not installed correctly therefore I will be adding a 22 degree elbow and a 3' piece of pipe with holes drilled into it to get the pipe off of the bottom of the pond. The installer did not cap the end of the pipe, he drilled a couple holes in and made a rebar grill out of 4 pieces of rebar. This is 12" pipe so I'm not sure what the rebar was supposed to stop. My pond has 5 to 6 acres of surface, spring few and has a lot of water entering from other areas.

I did not try the corrugated pipe idea. Just got in with a shovel and dug around to find out what the issue was.


Dean