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Me too - solar array was going to be huge to try and run the pump...they laughed at me when I asked for a proposal.

Joe, you won't need to run this thing 24/7 unless you try to build a 4 acre pond with a 40 ac watershed. Try getting used to the idea that smaller can be better. You could even do 4 individual 1/3 acre ponds and have a crazy variety of ponds! Catfish pond with monster FC, BC, and CC's. Crappie pond with single sex crappie going 15+". SMB/YP/RES pond. LMB, HSB, BG pond. Man, that sounds like fun!

I saw your creek near your property - do you have rights to pump from the creek? A trash pump run a few times a year could help you keep the water levels stable. But again, if you have only 1 acre of water your precipitation could go a long way to keeping your BOW[s] full without the need for a well.