Need help on dry branch water control

[taborekle]

You're in Indiana, can't you wrangle up a sinkhole for that water to run into??

(Southern Indiana, with sinkhole densities up to 1022 per square mile)

I have the same problem that this guy has. I'm considering burrying a culvert in the drainage channel, and having vertical drain openings into the culvert (all cross barred to prevent debris/children from falling in). The water hits the drains, falls into the culvert and is diverted down the channel underground inside the culvert. If the culvert is large enough, it should take the water. If it's not, then only the overflow would travel over the surface.

 

[carpenter383]

I have the same problem that this guy has. I'm considering burrying a culvert in the drainage channel, and having vertical drain openings into the culvert (all cross barred to prevent debris/children from falling in). The water hits the drains, falls into the culvert and is diverted down the channel underground inside the culvert. If the culvert is large enough, it should take the water. If it's not, then only the overflow would travel over the surface.

Interesting, I never though of that. You'll still have a ditch, but it dosen't have to be nearly as deep, good idea!