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Good to know, bimr & cvg. That's very helpful information. Thank you both.

Do you guys have any thoughts on using asphalt coated (to resist corrosion), schedule 40 smooth steel pipe in my scenario? This new option was just presented to me today by the irrigation pipe sales rep. He is unfamiliar with C303 pipe.

The concrete spillway structure will be 6 inches thick of 3500 PSI concrete reinforced with rebar and will be 47 feet long by 16 feet wide across the flat top of the levee and then another 14 feet wide (by 47 feet long) along the sloping exterior side of the levee followed by a large area of rip...

Thanks very much. I will definitely be looking into this type of pipe. It looks to be very toughly designed. I just hope that it'll fit into this farmer's budget. Thanks again for your helpful suggestions.

Thanks very much, bimr. That's the type of information which I am seeking. So, which types of pipe material would allow for unrestrained joints?

Thank you, cvg and bimr. I have recently completed the permitting process with the state and have received the three permits required from them for this reservoir project. I have also received an agricultural exemption from the permitting process from the US Army Corps of Engineers, so I am told...

Thank you, LittleInch. You are the first to ever mention to me the possibility of using PE pipe here, and it sounds like a very interesting product. I'm not personally familiar with it, but I will definitely be looking into that now. Thanks again for the helpful suggestion.

Thank you very much for your reply. I failed to mention above that I have already consulted with a professional engineer, a pipe sales rep, a pipe installer, and also multiple earth movers who build dams and levees in the area. While I have been presented with the aforementioned various types of...

I am planning to build a 47 acre reservoir/lake on my row crop farm in Mississippi in order to collect runoff rain water and store it for irrigation use. The earthen levee/dam that will be constructed will be approximately 26 feet high at its tallest point and approximately 240 feet wide at its...