Joe

40 acre watershed at 30" annual precip will definitely keep a 1/2 acre pond full, but I would wager you could go a little larger and supplement with your windmill or try a trash pump from the creek near your land if you have access to it.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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