We’re building a pond on our property and I’m looking to incorporate AP into, initially I’ll only have small GBs to act as a filter, however in the future I’d like to add lots more.
The location is in a natural depression where the water runs. The terrain below the pond slopes slightly and receives 8-10 hrs sun daily. It’s possible to build a CHIFT PIST system, however the bottom of the GBs would have to be at ground level.
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The black lines in the picture below show the outline of the pond. The blue lines show a shallow area that will have a stream and waterfall into the main pond. The red lines show to where the GB/filters will be. These will be made from 1.5m x 400mm concrete cylinders.
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I’m not looking to make a super efficient AP system, it will be more of a garden feature that provides some fish and has a GB’s as it’s filter. It’s difficult to gauge the size from the pics, it’s a decent size and we plan to have a depth of 1m. The pond will be about 150mm above the land.
Besides adding an outlet pipe for a possible future CHIFT PIST system, does anyone have ideas that I should put into the design at this stage?
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