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Research shows that water in the top four or five feet of a dugout is of higher quality than water at the bottom and edges. The reason for this difference in quality is that the algae and plants that grow in dugouts eventually die and decay at the bottom and edges, resulting in black, smelly water conditions. Research also shows that although the addition of aeration to a dugout will improve dugout water quality, a float suspended water intake allows users to pull the best quality of water from the dugout. Float suspended water intake systems have been successfully used in dugouts for the last 20 years. They have replaced the gravel type infiltration trenches that would fail from both sediment plugging and deteriorating water quality problems.
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June 1, 2002
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Float suspended water intake for dugouts
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Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development (1992-2006)
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Date Created
1989-01-01
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2015-12-14T21:13:29.733925
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2002-06-01
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1989-01-01
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716 (B34)
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2620338
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Agriculture and Forestry