Well done. Another dam just a bit downstream, where you can see the land narrows and the river bends, opens up that whole area as a catchment pond. You could multiply the amount of water you are holding, and provide security against future flash floods. That's a wonderfull erosion gully you have to work with there.
There's actually another dam just around that curve. It's the oldest one that dad built in 1995. Then there's another one further downstream. All three are shown in my first sand dam video. I went to another village yesterday and crossed way upstream and was stunned to see that the stream is bone dry up there yet further down we have so much water. We need to build 50 more dams across the whole valley whenever we can.
Looks like the water table is still much lower than the flood plane. It would interesting see if a series of leaky weirs along the stream could that get raised over time could repair the gully.
I think that would work....It would take more than repairing only the gully to fix the land degradation problems that we have here though. Due to the mountains and hills, all the slopes result in a lot of erosion which have caused a network of dongas that feed this gully and many others during floods.
Thank you! We've had our first spring rain and the dam has silted up with sand. I'm not sure but perhaps the storage tank could be used for stocking fish....
Thank you brother. It is well. I shouldn't have had it in a loose pocket. It slipped out while I was setting up a siphon to reduce the volume of water so can we were able to work.
Beautiful and inspiring. I like your water tank just below your sand dam -- does it accumulate sand & silt and has to be cleaned out or drained periodically?
Thank you! Yes that was an ideal location to set up the tank against the retaining wall to cut on the costs of building the tank. The bottom inlet also allows clean water that has undergone natural sand filtration to go straight into the tank. Yes, mud and sand have gone into the tank a few times whenever I forget to close the top inlet and we get a storm that floods the stream then I have to clean the tank. Now I try to always remember or else I'll go down even at 2am if it starts raining and I remember that I haven't closed it 😂 😂 😂.
This is wonderful! Thank you so much for showing this. Seeing the way the dams work in your context is really interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beaver dams. Great content.
Thank you ☺.
Well done. Another dam just a bit downstream, where you can see the land narrows and the river bends, opens up that whole area as a catchment pond. You could multiply the amount of water you are holding, and provide security against future flash floods. That's a wonderfull erosion gully you have to work with there.
There's actually another dam just around that curve. It's the oldest one that dad built in 1995. Then there's another one further downstream. All three are shown in my first sand dam video. I went to another village yesterday and crossed way upstream and was stunned to see that the stream is bone dry up there yet further down we have so much water. We need to build 50 more dams across the whole valley whenever we can.
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Looks like the water table is still much lower than the flood plane. It would interesting see if a series of leaky weirs along the stream could that get raised over time could repair the gully.
I think that would work....It would take more than repairing only the gully to fix the land degradation problems that we have here though. Due to the mountains and hills, all the slopes result in a lot of erosion which have caused a network of dongas that feed this gully and many others during floods.
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This is great to see :)
Is stocking fish in these dams an option?
Thank you! We've had our first spring rain and the dam has silted up with sand. I'm not sure but perhaps the storage tank could be used for stocking fish....
Congratulations!
Thank you! It's quite exciting to have so much water for irrigation.
Great video. Sorry about your phone .
Thank you brother. It is well. I shouldn't have had it in a loose pocket. It slipped out while I was setting up a siphon to reduce the volume of water so can we were able to work.
Beautiful and inspiring. I like your water tank just below your sand dam -- does it accumulate sand & silt and has to be cleaned out or drained periodically?
Thank you! Yes that was an ideal location to set up the tank against the retaining wall to cut on the costs of building the tank. The bottom inlet also allows clean water that has undergone natural sand filtration to go straight into the tank. Yes, mud and sand have gone into the tank a few times whenever I forget to close the top inlet and we get a storm that floods the stream then I have to clean the tank. Now I try to always remember or else I'll go down even at 2am if it starts raining and I remember that I haven't closed it 😂 😂 😂.
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