Garden Pic Wednesday: Leveling the Emitter Pipe

Well, even after replacing the Lawn Emitter Tops with a flap release, this one, was still not doing the job right. A daytime thunder shower let me see the gutter down piping was still backing up out of it's seams rather then flowing out and I decided the hole pipe leading to the emitter must not be right. 

Later that day, I pulled the Emitter cap off to see standing water. 
It's not supposed to have standing water. The other emitter line doesn't. (Not anymore since I adjusted it a couple weeks ago.)
Not only did it have standing water---it had lots mosquito nymphs in that water. 
I decided the whole pipe had to be redone to get rid of the standing water, because clearly the standing water meant it was not functioning correctly.
So, the next day, I removed the grass and dirt covering it just to the white edging you see in the background of the photo.
Originally, the gutter guys who installed it simply dug a ditch and threw the pipe in without using a level to check the flow angle or anything. The pipe looked like a wave, dipping down, then up, then down, then up---no wonder it wasn't working effectively.

This photo below was taken after I leveled that pipe.
I knew it was correct when all the standing water inside just suddenly gushed out the end.
The elbow piece that caps the pipe at the end that the Emitter top snaps onto actually has a small drainage hole at the back precisely to prevent standing water---if it's installed properly.
It no longer has standing water in it. But I haven't had a daytime thunder shower to check how that patio down pipe is working with the adjusted pipeline.

(The purple thing in the bottom corner has a padded cushion for kneeling or can be flipped over and has a padded seat for sitting. Kind of handy for gardening tasks.)