A golf course irrigation system is comprised of multiple components that are all linked together in order to get water from point A (the lake) to point B (the turf). With the hilly topography of Shadow Glen and the massive size of the development, it's crucial that each component must be in good working condition in order to achieve the desired conditioning and appearance of the golf course that the membership expects and demands.
Irrigation upgrades, repairs and improvements have been the focus for the summer of 2013. Our 25 year old system is presenting the staff with multiple challenges. This post highlights our new irrigation intake filter placed in Shadow Lake.
Prior to installation of the new filter, the divers had to cut and pull the old screen off the intake pipe. This work was performed in twelve feet of water approximately thirty feet from the shoreline west of the regular tee on hole #1. When divers found the intake screen box last summer, the support legs and the bottom half of screen box were sitting in a bed of silt. Divers used a high pressure water hose to relocate the silt and expose the screen box for inspection. The picture illustrates the deterioration and collapsed sidewalls of our original intake screen box.
For 2013, a new intake filter was installed at the end of the concrete intake pipe that supplies water to the pump house. Divers secured the intake screen to concrete pipe in early August. The filter is 36 inches in diameter and 10 feet long. A non-corrosive composite materials (fiberglass) was used for the filter body. On the outside of the filter, an algae growth-inhibiting copper based material was used to coat all exposed surfaces. The filter is suspended about two feet off the lake floor. Hopefully, the new construction technology will allow the filter to last the next twenty five years.
