In a small canyon in the Southern Cascades
To turn the water off at the source of the Big Pipeline you need to. use two wrenches to remove a bolt from the plate that covers the end of the pipe coming. out of the side of the stream bank. Twist the plate so the water streams out of the pipe and into the stream. Next, take a towel and reach into the pipe and use the towel to plug the lateral pipe which is the start of the Big Pipeline. Leave a tail of the towel coming out of the pipe so the towel can be pulled out to unplug the pipe.
Today ( Monday, Dec. 12th 2022) I walked up the little pipeline and down the big pipeline looking for a water leak. The storage tanks were not filling even after I cleaned the filter so the water was going somewhere. The winter storm over the weekend had strong wind gusts and snapped off a big dead branch from an oak tree that fell on the pipe and cracked it.Here is a photo of the break after I removed the branch and shoveled a bit of earth away from the break. Also, I turned off the water at the source to make working on the pipe easier.
The various filter(s) in the water system need to be cleaned regularly. About once a week in the summer when more water is being used. If the filters are not cleaned they will clog up and slow the water to the irrigation way down, or clog it up completely.
These photos show the “new” Little 1.5″ pipe, going from where the old 1.5″ pipe used to join with the big pipe ( the junction), to the garden and the orchard. This new little pipe is now fed from the two 2,500 gal tanks that are filled from the overflow from the big pipe ( and the to be rebuilt this summer second stream bed intake ).
