Explain Standpipe Function and Pond Condition

and here's what we're dealing with so this is an eight inch pipe let's turn the camera around whip it around right here this is an eight inch pipe underneath the water there isn't it's called a street elbow but the water level's dropping really fast right now so this is an elbow that goes down and what that does is allow water to go up because up and down into the pipe so trash doesn't get stuck on there like that this is what we got she's a gusher now something really unique is that i can remove this entire apparatus and drop the level of the pond about two feet if i want to it's pretty interesting how we did this whole setup uh muskrat mink will take out the muskrats we don't have any minks around here are you going to film the game board and i don't think so just shoot them yeah i just took a shot at one right out here just a little bit ago i don't know you guys let me know but if you pop a muskrat will it uh float or will it sink so all this trash can go on down the pipe that's what's up that's that's fine our standpipe this standpipe was put in six years ago and then there's another one out there that was put in when the palm was built in 1960 so this is what we got i only get out here and do this about once a year it's always a special treat so might as well wipe the pipe off while i'm out here this is not a place you want to drop your cell phone i'll tell you that that would end the live stream pretty quick you know this phone's supposed to be waterproof i wonder what happened if i dropped you guys in there and spit out the other side who knows man who knows but here we are place deep don't stump your toe josh