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RE: BACK TO THE DAM BUILDING!😁

in Homesteading • 2 years ago

Looking awesome @johndoer123!

I dunno if it is possible but if you can spread grass seed (or other ground cover plants like red clover) around that entire area (especially the banks of your pool of water and uphill of it) it will help stop the erosion and reduce the amount of silt that the pool winds up having in it.

Cheers and looking forward to the progress!

P.S. That inchworm thing was exactly what I needed to be reminded of currently! Thanks!

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     2 years ago  

    I readthe entire SKAT manual PDF....
    SOOOOO...

    1. I will be seeding...
    2. I will also be removing certain deep-rooted trees and replacing them with better choices.
    3. I will be cutting a trench around the entire upper portion of the ravine above the spring outflow and installing a solid retaining wall with water mediation to prevent rain water infiltration.
    4. Something i was already going to do,but have a different idea how I will do it, is adding a settling pool for keeping that stuff out of our water reservoir.
    5. Im going to put a net several feet over the top of the water, to help keep the leaves and twigs out.

    I'm glad you found my story useful. I try with every post to add something like that as life offers it up to me. I do it for all my great friends here, and for the world at large, should any happen across my pages some day....but really, as this is my autobiography andthe memoirs of my life that I am making for my children.... it's all truthfully for them.
    I'm so glad to have made your acquaintance and I hope the universe will have our lives pass in the real world.🥰🤗
    I've done a lot of research, but i wonder if you have recommendations for a turbine? We send our love dear friend! And wish you and yours the very best !!🤗🤗🤗

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     2 years ago (edited) 

    Those are all excellent measures.

    Especially the trees because they will drink a spring dry and the roots can disrupt the spring heads and cause rocks to shift.

    What you want is a 'silt trap' (settling pool) that can filter some of the larger stuff either before your reservoir or after it before it goes to the turbine(s).

    In the reservoir itself you want to create a spillway (standpipe) out of your big main output pipe. Like this one or similar:
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    You want to draw the water from anywhere in the 'Good water quality' area. I shoot for about three-six inches above the 'Poor water quality' level so that even during a drought the standpipe is still functional.

    The left side of the 'T' at the bottom of the standpipe can have a removable cap for draining the reservoir.

    Source: extension.msstate.edu/content/designing-the-dam

    Gotta rack my brain on the turbines but take a look here for now: https://www.powerspout.com/ There are really good calculators there and they have guidelines for various turbine styles depending on your terrain, volume, flow etc.

    Glad to be of assistance! I love seeing this project progress!

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