This Monday our crew took the afternoon to look into a problem that has been giving us fits for a while now. Every time it rains the drainage basin in the cart path located right beside #2 tee box turns into a big puddle. This is because the water was not going down the pipe, and would take days to slowly evaporate and drain. To fix this problem, we used a hose to determine where the clog in the pipe was, and then used our excavator to dig up the pipe and try and solve the problem. Once we started digging through the clogged area, we noticed the culprit.....Tree Roots! Take a look a the pictures and you will see where the pipe was going and why there was such an obstruction!
As you can see all of these roots were growing into the pipe because of the constant flow of water inside the pipe. Over time these roots find small holes and work their way through to get to the water source. Luckily this area was in a pine bed, and all we had to do was remove the old pipe and replace with new solid pipe. It works now!
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