I appreciate the info. I may keep my eyes open for some large pipe sections, bbq pit type materials. I'm not sure how accurate this is but I put a bucket in the water yesterday with a tape measure and sticking out just a little to measure evaporation, I showed a 3/4" loss. The bucket was a bit of an angle so I know that will increase the measurement a little.

I'm editing this post, my bucket was weighed down by dirt which I believe was still soaking up water. After a few days the loss dropped to 3/8" but outside temperatures were still staying just over 100 for highs and close to 80 for lows for anyone's future reference.

Last edited by Guppy1; 08/14/19 02:27 PM.