Siphoning Down A 27 Acre Lake

Draining a lake so we can do some work

[@davidangelamelcher9591]

In the early 70s I worked for a copper mine and the pump on the upper tailings pond broke. Couldn't wait for a new pump so we made a siphon with 16 inch plastic pipe. Pretty much like in the video only we put a big gate valve on the downhill side. We started it by running a 1/4 inch line from the high point to the intake manifold of our work truck. The trick was to shut off the vacuum before we trashed our truck. Dang siphon worked better than our pump did and danged impressive to watch.

[@Godshole]

I often wonder, when you post draining videos, what the people down stream experience. Might it be a bit " Hey Martha, get the Ark, it's startin again! "

[@MrJFoster1984]

When you removed the cap that was a hydroelectric generators wet dream!

[@diggerdave51]

This is one of the BEST Siphon Videos on KZbin That is the way to drain a lake no need for pumps when you can get gravity to work for you !!!!!!

[@NixonRexzile-xz4sq]

i feel sorry for people who believe in gravity

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[@robinyates9426]

I never saw a syphon that big before! Certainly cheaper than a big pump

[@weejohnbb]

And much quieter.

[@jaredb6934]

Except 1 section of that pipe is 200 bucks.

[@africanelectron751]

Still need pipes for pumps

[@notsure7874]

6" pvc is about $35 / stick, but if you're paying 200 how much you need? :D

[@allywilkeforsenate]

Checked in 4 inch today and it was 57 dollars.let’s go Brandon.

[@Arachnikadia]

I love watching your videos. Theyre so entertaining and educational. Ive learned so much about construction and excavating watching these! Heck I never knew how to start a siphon before either! Please do make more videos!!

[@lidsman2221]

Cool project. Look forward to updates.

[@michaelowen1750]

1 ft of water on 27 acres is almost 9 million gallons....

[@jfo738]

Or exactly 27 acre-feet

[@weejohnbb]

Assuming those are 6 inch pipes, that'll drain with gravity at 1,000 gallons per minute, so should drain in approximately one week.

[@WojciechP915]

@@jfo738 real big brain math here

[@timslowey4379]

Pack a lunch!

[@user-zt2vf6vx7p]

@@weejohnbb How did you calculate that?

[@davidpehrson2368]

Nice project! Looking forward to follow the progress.

[@swallowsjeremyy]

Woah, I've been subbed for a few months. Just got recommended this video. Had no clue you've had your channel this long. Hell yea man, keep up the good work! It's inspiring.

[@apxpandy4965]

Interesting - thanks!

[@Jda9905]

siphoning is magical

[@Outland9000]

Actually, its physics. :-P

[@jessehawks2426]

That's pretty damn neat

[@WJsLifeonaBoat]

Were there any follow up videos to this project?

[@xXBuckOFiveXx]

That's pretty ingenuous right there! Never seen a 6inch siphon. Are you going to steak down that drop? That's a lot of weight on those no hubs.

[@hydraulic-hum]

moving water.. love it..

[@liza.andkeithsimpson5081]

Great job

[@josephfox1192]

I really like watching you videos! Iam in about the same line of work we do asphalt paving, grading lots, subdivision, stone hauling,etc, in Statesville n.c. (cool videos)

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Siphons are fun! Bottom drains are good, but it's boring to just turn a valve.

[@regsparkes6507]

I'm like the guys below,...Surely you can't get much more interesting , can you ? Perfect projects really intrigue me,...great viewing for sure,....I said before, I have not yet graduated ( read that as 'moved on' ) from sandbox days,......Thanks a lot Chris!

[@davidfranzkoch9789]

This is genius! Simple PVC pipe and a small priming pump = big volume of water moved.

[@thepitpatrol]

Success!

[@schlaznger8049]

That's a hell of a pump.

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

That's pretty neat I've never seen siphons working before that's pretty awesome as a matter fact before I watch this video I didn't even know what a siphon was

[@rogerbrandt6678]

You've never siphoned gas outta a car.?

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

Never had to.

[@RobertSeviour1]

'Siphon' - early Chinese i-phone knock-off.

[@jimdomoradzki483]

Chris make life easier. Put valves at the fill port and at the discharge end. Close the discharge valve Fill the pipe. Close the fill valve. Open the discharge valve. No losing caps or playing with wrenches. You can stop and start the siphon anytime you want when you open thr discharge valve again. Quit fighting the caps .

[@williamaltoon73]

A lot of water to relocate. I wish I could here and understand him.

[@wyzurd]

Do you mean hear?

[@cj14dalh]

When do you expect the pond to be drained?

[@catbuildinginc]

Now that's a siphon! what neighborhood is the lake in?

[@MrBlack-vg8rv]

well it used to be in one neighborhood now its in another one

[@monkeyboy4746]

6 inch check valves are not inexpensive, I would be tempted to try and make a DIY version.

[@ericgrigoleit5822]

Do you let that thing drain over night?

[@davidrobins4025]

Slick.

[@octagontowers4267]

Wait a minute! What type of work needed to be done, and, was the lake filled back up afterwards?

[@TheRobertralph]

Dredging, likely... Taking all the silt out that ran into it. Then, mother nature will fill it back up with rain.

[@JasonHenderson]

Yeah he said they are taking 300 yards of silt out. You maybe didn't hear because of the pump.

[@chadbhowell]

How long did it take to drain? Thanks for the great videos.

[@sweetjrewing5435]

Chad Howell ...it’s still draining 5 years later,,oh that ass hole doesn’t read his comments.

[@TF856]

@@sweetjrewing5435 lol

[@sekou3758]

@@sweetjrewing5435 Why the name calling?

[@jee7896]

👍👍👍

[@johnnyluck8102]

Just have to wonder where is the flood headed.

[@JM-yx1lm]

Downstream dummy,

[@johnnyluck8102]

Lol no shit

[@lovin_it2]

What type of PVC pipe did you use?Does it need to be high pressure pipe or can you use standard underground drainage pipe?

[@integr8er66]

The bigger problem isn't pressure but Vacuum, when the lake gets low you are lifting maybe 15 ft of negative head and the pipe may collapse. The max pressure on the pipe was when it was capped off and that would only be maybe 20 ft head so like 45psi, but once its open there is no pressure on the line on that side and neg pressure on the lake side

[@farhadtorkaman6282]

Thank you , can i do this with fire pipe or not ?

[@dandi5998]

DIY hydro power station

[@durkj3370]

2021 Gang wya

[@rogue9ine]

I understand how that siphon works. but I dont get how you got the first one to work?

[@danielrose1392]

That metal pipe is the normal over flow of the lake. It has a 90 at the bottom and a horizontal pipe going through the dam. You can see the discharge end at 1:55. With smaller dams and PVC overflow pipes you can sometimes unscrew / pull the vertical pipe to fully drain a lake, but here a syphon is used to direct the water into the overflow pipe.

[@southern_merican]

The entire pipe was full of water, then they just opened the bottom cap. Gravity and vaccum do the rest.

[@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071]

.... stupid question.... why do you build your siphon pipes always with the access hatch on top? Why not only a pipe all the way and at the end you let your PUMP pull thru the house all the air out? Wouldn't that be easier and less parts ? Just asking.

[@PavelKnyshov]

The hatch at the top allows you to fill the siphon in any way: using a pump, a chain of people with buckets or fill from a tanker truck. To turn off the siphon, it is enough to open the top hatch and the air will break the water column.

[@DeanMk1]

Why not attach ball valves to the outlet end of those pipes. Would make the process a little easier and less messy to perform.

[@lackofsanity9329]

I work in industry and the dam transfer pumps we have pump 900Lps each

[@toypupanbai5960]

Should use the same technique to top up the DEAD SEA?

[@jenson1569]

what?

[@FishFind3000]

You should try a 10" one that would be sick btw do you know how many gpm your moving

[@letsdig18]

we've wanted to do a 12" before but the weight of the pipe makes it so hard and aggravating to put it together

[@FishFind3000]

That makes sense. You could try a water pump hose that connects to the top fill part. The half of it that domps that water out could be hose and the other half that takes it in could be pvc

[@reddmanpower606]

+letsdig18 why are yo you draining the lake and what happens to the fish.

[@niltomega2978]

I wonder at what size pipe would be too big to keep the flow going?

[@hekatoncheiros208]

As I understand it, there is no maximum diameter of pipe, but it will only lift water to a height of around 10 metres.

[@niltomega2978]

@@hekatoncheiros208 Interesting

[@tylersebring380]

do u now who own's the pond

[@gwenb4531]

Cameron's done that a time or two.

[@LD__]

✔️

[@ericj520]

Oil companies am I right

[@jon-jaybarton9805]

does this video have a fallow up?

[@top5worldwide78]

They are still waiting to move all that water 😂😂maybe they need 2 more years to complete task :)

[@nukeitall2251]

maybe start your next video away from the pump, why are you draining the pond?

[@DiraNightcore]

Creating a river XD

[@bennyrlove]

longer videos

[@rigsofrodsmaster]

I agree

[@badboytruck]

Me too

[@medfoto1]

What did he say? Lol!

[@dougalexander7204]

What in tarnation? That’s neater than a skeeter’s.... well you know.

[@expatconn7242]

why did you do that?

[@charlesdyer2376]

what about the poor fishes?

[@rossnolan2883]

are you doing a trade centre or something like it

[@nismofury]

WHY IS THIS IN THE AUTO SECTION?....

[@boxbox6290]

can i come work for you

[@Joelontugs]

I'm a dumbass right lol so the way yal make the pumps to lower the water has always facilitated me its literally the same way you would do gad on a massive scale

[@jimm2099]

Hey that's "Pw" lake in my neighborhood! You guy's really do get around, I didn't know you were doing the work here, are you subbing? Jim

[@letsdig18]

yeah we are doing the dredging. the 210 is up there where the road crosses the head of the lake. the road will be closed next week sometime so the culvert can be replaced under the road

[@jimm2099]

letsdig18 I drove around the lake this morning just to see if there was any progress, I hadn't been around the lake in a week or so, it's much lower. I saw the excavator but had no idea it was yours. Got back to the house a while later and saw you had a new video and started watching it. Uh, that looks familiar... Very interesting seeing a siphoning process on that scale, very cool. Anyway, great videos! I hope you get some good video of the lake excavation. If you happen to see a white OBS F-350 4x4 crew cab long bed in the neighborhood, that would be me. Jim

[@mattybiggs5750]

Six years and no updates I'm gathering there wasn't any updates

[@RChero1010]

+letsdig18 I know this video is 2 years old, but could you estimate the fall? We just wrapped up basic fluid dynamics in my high school physics class, and could calculate the ideal flow per pipe, given the ID of the pipe and the distance the water fell.

[@idahomusic]

Nothing I would want to drink

[@superwiseman452]

suggest dubbing he audio after because of the stupid motor noise.

[@HawaiiProTennis]

Can’t they do this for the boys in cave

[@jimybobjim]

The outflow needs to be lower than the input, and they didn’t have enough fall to do that.

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

What is the purpose of this

[@JasonHenderson]

Draining the lake.

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

@@JasonHenderson why would someone do that?

[@JasonHenderson]

In this case it's because the lake is fed by a steam and when the water hits the lake it slows down the dirt and rocks and everything else being swept along in the current settles out at the bottom of the lake. Every few years or decades you have to dig all that dirt out which requires draining the lake. Hope this helps

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

@@JasonHenderson thank you just curious

[@JasonHenderson]

@@zachariahmagallan5738 it's a good question. If you're interested look up dredging. They do it constantly in big rivers. You could put a dredge in your lake but it would be more trouble than draining the lake and cleaning it that way.

[@Not_Tony]

Where are you going to put 27 acres of water??!?

[@Northern_Farmer]

omg... did you not see the video???? in .... the,,,,,,,,,creeeek

[@Not_Tony]

Relax brother, damn.

[@boxbox6290]

this gunna take years visit my ebay shop our pumps are specilized n made by uncle bob uncle billy n aunt shela there pumps would pump the new lake out in a day

[@MeaHeaR]

Couldn't understand a word saying, what Language it is beings ¿¿¿¿

[@Getoverhere666]

US english

[@MeaHeaR]

@@Getoverhere666 oh thanks for that, I re-played unt under-standing a few words now and thens but inflections was funny

[@haroldreardon8070]

Do you ever give a thought to that noise you are trying to talk over and tell the viewers what you are doing???

[@peterduxbury927]

Might be good to silence the pump before speaking

[@eldon1961]

Try answering some questions.....

[@rogerdrum5936]

Pump sound took over the video brother. Sorry for the thumbs down.