esshup, In my new pond the spring lies lower than the new pond, and will be out side the pond, Im trying to come up with an energy efficient idea to pump the water up an over to the pond. I have a 1200 gallon tank and a 250 gallon tank, Im considering using the 250 gallon tank to sit outside the spring to act as a sump, then pump the water up to the 1200 gallon tank buried on a hill overlooking the pond, then using a solar powered pump and let the pump run all day and then the water would run into the pond, and the 1200 gallon tank will act as a reservoir, something like this, as one can see I havent got all the bugs worked out. I know at high water times, like spring, early winter the spring can reach 75 gallons a minute, but at drought times it can drop to 20 gallons a minute, or less, so thats why I was thinking of putting the 250 gallon tank to act as a sump, then use a sump pump, or something similar, but it needs to be able to run hours on end without burning up.
