i have many areas along the shore of my pond that are not quite deep enough
(massive weed growth around shallow points), once i get (and keep) the water
level down some, it'll dry up enuf that i can fix those high points.

u're right, i could rent a pump but i worry about putting so much water onto
neighboring properties all at once. i figured that if i could get drained a
little on the slow side that i would avoid an angry phone call or two.


"George" wrote in message
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"brickled" wrote in message
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i have a 1 acre pond, around 10-12 ft deep at its deepest point. i want
to
drop a 5/8" garden hose into it, start a siphon (got plenty of downhill
to
work with) and drain this pond down to around 5 ft. has anyone out there
attempted such a feat and if so, how did it go? if a single hose won't
do
it, i'm thinking of adding a 2nd and then a 3rd, etc until i get
adequate
volume going out. obviously, i'd like to do it w/ less hoses if
possible.


Just curious. Why do you want to drain such a large pond? As for
actually
doing it, if you don't mind waiting half the week for it to drain, you
could try
what you suggested, or you could just rent a trash pump and be done with
it
today.