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I recently constructed a waterfall on an elevated embankment of a small farm pond. I used a FastFalls weir, rapid flow pump and Elite series pump vault. The pump vault is set "in" the pond and feeds water directly from the pond itself. The problem I am having is that if the vault intakes get the slight bit clogged by floating weeds, the water level within the vault drops and the vault with pump inside floats and falls on it's side. It never completely loses water supply and fortunately so far the pump has not been damaged. The owner has discovered the problem and has shut down the pump as soon as they have noticed that the vault has tipped over. I have tried placing a rock of approximately 30 lbs on top of the vault lid but it still floats? Any suggestions on away of securing this vault to keep it from tipping over. I have discussed the "floating grass/weed
issue with the owner but I'm not entirely sure that is the total problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.