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Mon, May 24, 10 at 0:34
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I put a little pond in about 15 years ago, it served us well for the vegetable garden only, but now over several years we didn't get the snow runoff we used to get and the level is staidly decreasing to a point that there is no water left towards the end of season. I build a little bridge over the pond from were I used to suck with a bucket strainer, it worked fine but now since I will increase the size of pond this year, I want to incorporate a well into the slope, a culvert, vertically down, it is 24" in diameter and about 20 feet long, now comes the question, how should this be done. My idea is, gain about another 6 feet of depth, [ below the bottom of pond] and hopefully get some ground water? ....put down some 2/4" rock first, about 2 or 3 feet deep, then the pipe on top and more rock around it....will this work? The ground is sandy clay. My only concern is, will the rocks ever get clogged that it restricts the water flow up the pipe? Konrad
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| I think the best thing you can do is contact a local well driller for advise. You might not get ground water at 20', the water table might be much deeper than that. And they could advise you about what kind of well screen you'd need to keep the pump flowing all of the time. You also need to come up with a way to protect children and animals from falling down into that 20' deep shaft. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Tue, May 25, 10 at 19:44
| Thank you ccoombs! I'm not worry about how deep ground water is, all I worry is right now, will the pond drain into the pipe without clogging it. Konrad |
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