Tom Barton checks out the lead, later dubbed AKWA, that drains a farm pond and moves good air - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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Preliminary digging at AKWA shows that the hole can swallow a lot of water fast - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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Real digging begins to expose and follow the AKWA lead - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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Rick Orben continues the dig at AKWA into the evening hours. A small mud dam and sand bags hold back the pond - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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Eventually a coffer dam is constructed to hold back the farm pond, Barry Horner is called in - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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The coffer succeeds in holding back the water and raises the pond's surface level 12 inches. Chuck Wilkinson inspects the lead - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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Now inside the entrance to AKWA, Rick Orben talks to his drill and continues the dig toward a pit just ahead - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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After digging through to the pit, a thirty foot drop reaches the floor, and this is the view looking back up to the top - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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This is the lead at the bottom of the pit in AKWA, another dig that takes all the air and water - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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Sandbags hold back the pond as digging progresses on the AKWA lead - photo by D. Kouts - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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The dig lead that drains a farm pond, dubbed AKWA - photo by D. Kouts - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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The farm pond drains into the dig lead at AKWA necessitating a coffer dam - photo by D. Kouts - Devin Kouts (kvmapr)
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