Recently bought some land for new home build. It has a farm pond that needs some clean up work around the edges and beavers have stopped up the 4" steel overflow pipe, causing the pond to overflow along the lowest shore edge. So far I have used a combination of pumping water out and digging a small drainage ditch to lower the water level. Not exactly sure where the overflow pipe is, still can't see it, it may even be in the beaver den.
Once I can find and unstop the overflow pipe, the pond will drop to the top of the pipe, which is good, but I want to drop it maybe 12" more. There is not enough fall for a drainage ditch to do that and the 2"trash pump drops the pond slowly. Then of course, all the rain we have been getting doesn't make it any easier.
I would like to figure out a way to cut 6-12" off the top of that 4" heavy wall steel pipe under water. The under water part has me stumped, other than a very difficult hacksaw project. Of course, I do have a small boat.
Thanks for any ideas.
Perry