[Sangreaal]

Here is an aerial shot of my property taken from Google Earth sometime early this summer. I've drawn in (poorly and not to scale) the reservoir and satellite pond site on the lower 5 acres of the property.



White lines: proposed ponds
White dots: 4" irrigation risers 30' apart
Thick blue line: water source to reservoir
Thin blue lines: spraybar from res to individual ponds
Blue dots in northern oasis: ponds extant around the house

I'm not sure of the length of the satellite ponds yet, but they are going to be 20' in diameter so I have a good 10' separation between ponds. The reservoir is going to be raised 6-8' above ground with 4' below for a total depth of 10-12'. The satellites will be ground level and averaging 6' deep with a 20 x 20' hole at one end that is 8' deep to harvest from when the ponds are drained in the fall. The smallest of the satellites will be 4' deep for fry.

It's the beginning of something good... ...and it's going to all unfold in this thread as I work out the particulars to make this thing fly. I know I already need a mathematician to help me where my brain ends when it comes to working out flow rates and pond volumes and sizes of pvc and orifices and....it just goes on and on. Roark is already on board for this fiasco. Anybody else game?

Marie