Ponds serve different purposes and require some maintenance.
A correctly constructed and well-placed pond is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Some well-designed ponds allow activities such as swimming and fishing. Landowners can also use their ponds for irrigation purposes and for watering their livestock. The barrel pipe is a zone of the pond where water is most likely to leak. Barrel pipes must be supplied with anti-seep collars; if not, you will need to have a knowledgeable person weld these collars onto the pipe. Once the barrel pipe is correctly fixed in place, you can enjoy your pond without ongoing concerns about maintenance. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Wait until the construction of the dam core is partly above ground.
2. Trench the dam core down to the pond floor. Ensure the trench has a slight fall to the outside of the pond so the water drains completely.
3. Confirm the company supplying the barrel pipe has welded on anti-seep collars. These collars are steel plates that have been welded in a vertical position around the outside of the pipe. It is extremely important the barrel pipe is fitted with anti-seep collars, as water will follow the path of least resistance and flow along the outside of the barrel pipe.
4. Check the depth of the dam. If the water is deeper than 14 feet, use more than one collar.
5. Lay the barrel pipe in the trench that has been dug to the floor of the pond.
6. Fill the trench with the same soil you removed during digging.
7. Compact the soil around the barrel pipe. This step is very important because the barrel pipe represents the weakest zone in the pond and the most likely point of failure when soil around the barrel pipe has not been compacted. Use power tampers initially to ensure good compaction against both the barrel pipe and anti-spill collars. Continue to compact the soil manually until a 2-foot thick layer of dirt is above the pipe.
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