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Bottom Drains and Empty Ponds
My bottom drain empties into a settling/veggie pond and is pumped from there
into a bio-filter where it falls back into the main pond. The pump intake from the settling/veggie pond is above the bottom of the main pond so I never risk emptying the main pond. Over this winter, I had a leak somewhere in my underground plumbing and my water level did drop but when it got below the intake of the pump, the pump just shut off. "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... For those of you with a bottom drain...how do you protect yourself against emptying your pond if there is a failure somewhere upstream from your bottom drain? Originally I was going to sit my pump on a shelf to protect against this, but now that I plan to have a bottom drain, I am concerned. I am routing my water to a veggie filter that may or may not be attached to the main pond via a stream. If it is, I am concerned with the stream getting blocked and emptying my pond. I am seriously considering not having a stream and routing the water back via pipes to prevent this. -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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