Hiya,
I have a place where a pretty good amount of
water comes out, during the wet season, 5-8ft from the top of a steep hillside. It has already caused a slump/mudflow and now is actually somewhat exposed. The cliff left behind is going to need to be retained as it is right up against a road I use frequently (but not now!).
So my questions:
Can someone highlight some good info on building a spring box into a hillside? I have been looking around but there are always experts that know where to find the good stuff...
I have
enough flat for a base so I was thinking to build a retaining wall along the cliff and incorporate a spring box where the water is coming out. I will also
feed the drainiage from the wall into the same piping. This will be to dry the hillside primarily (reduce erosion while I can get some
native veg back in place) and I also hope to store/use some of the flow along the way. Is this dumb?
Thanks folks,
Dan
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