Just because the Blog has been on mothballs does not mean we have not been busy. As we emptied the bad water from Newport pond, we discovered the pumpstation intake was corroded and collapsing in some spots. This intake is the aorta of the irrigation system. The pumping down of the pond has been a double blessing. The water in the pond WILL be suitable for irrigation (its being retested). IF this were July and the pipe collapsed, the pumpstation would have taken in silt and fish. We hired a company to build a new intake and repair the pipe. While the galvanized pipe was failing in the water, when we dug up the pipe in the pond bank, it was like new. Here is the new piping and screen
BEST TRASH WE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POND:
Anyone know Gen???
