Kinda hard to excavate a pond when the damn thing keeps filling up with water! I guess it’s eventually going to be a good thing that a single day of heavy thunderstorms fills the pond. But NOT NOW!!! 😉
I was using a small 12V water pump to drain the pond, but it took too long (e.g. more than one fully charged car battery).
Did some research and designed a PVC siphon system, but it didn’t work because there is insufficient “head space” between the water intake (pond bottom) and water output.
So, I sucked it up and bought a Tsurumi Cast Iron Submersible Trash Water Pump — 3000 GPH, 1/2 HP, 2in., Model# HS2.4S-62.
Took about 1.5 hours to drain the pond. NICE.
Since we have the first hurricane of the season expected to work its way up from FL this weekend, and therefore another week of rain in the wx forecast, I expect to be putting the new pump to good use again, and again, and again …