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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
How the heck do you know where to put the frozen milk if you don't know where the intake is? You're going to have a large area of milky water and what will that tell you? I doubt you're going to see the milky water being sucked up unless you happen to place the ice right next to the intake. Use or make a large hook out of rebar or the like and get in there and drag around carefully.
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If the water depth is manageable, dragging for the line would be easiest, as it would be in most places on Lake Winnipesaukee. The OP suggests the end of the pipe is "close by". And, as the OP has stated elsewhere, their lake house site is located in Maine! The drop-off there could be severe. (Or, instead, the bottom's leaf-litter could be very thick).
Frozen milk is denser than the water surrounding it. I'd expect the milk to move downslope—indicating the intake point—"a few feet out"; otherwise, the ice-milk should be "fed", as I stated in post #6.
We also don't know if the line is galvanized steel or the usual plastic water line; however, I would anticipate no corners to stop an electrical "fish-tape". If there is a one-way valve at the waterline, the electrical "fish-tape" could be started there; if not, there may be no obstruction until reaching the foot valve. (Which, hopefully, is shorter than 50-feet).
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