I spent a couple of hours on the digger, again, today, after
the flowform installer had been. I shot some levels which
showed that the right hand end needing raising a few inches,
to get closer to level.
I reflected a bit more on liners and related matters. I seems
a little ironic that this pond will have a steady influx of water,
independent of the weather. Something a few pond owners
on this site might envy. Which led to the question: how much?
What’s an average (statistical, mythical) figure for water use
for - say - an adult? Shower, clothes washing, toilet, kitchen
use, and so on? We stabbed a guess at 25-30 US gallons per
day. How’s that sound? As there are six adults living on-site,
that’s 150 -180 gallons per day, most every day, going into
the pond.
Why is this a consideration? We were talking about leakage
as it relates to liners. Add a little overspray from a sprinkler
system and we have what some pond owners might wish for:
the potential need to lose water, in a small, measured way.
I.e. some leakage might be essential!
What that does is reduce the need for a super-duper seal in
any liner. Plus the amount of fine suspended solids coming
in, in the supernatant, may mean small leaks will self-seal.
That leads me to a budget option thought. (Don’t cringe)
If I place fairly heavy black polythene over a plate compactor
smoothed surface, water-proof tape it at the joins and then let
the pond fill with rain and biocycle outflow, might I get away
with that?
Too much thinking time, sitting on that digger!
