My two water wells were drilled this week. One well will have a windmill that will assist in keeping my new pond full. The second well will have a 3 hp pump which will give me around 60-90 gallons per minute (it will double as a supply for my house).

The windmill well was drilled close to the pond. I am going to have the standpipe on the windmill about 12' above ground. For now, I will just run a pipe to the pond and have it drop onto some rocks at the edge of the pond. It will look something like this:



Photo courtesy of http://www.excelbridge.com

The reason for this post is to ask questions about how to have the higher flow rate well water enter the pond. The well is about 150 yards from the edge of the pond. I know that the water needs to interface with air because it won't have any oxygen in it coming straight from the well.

My thoughts are to have the discharge pipe from the well at the edge of the pond. Just in from of the discharge pipe, I will install a deflector shield. The water would hit the deflector shield and be thrust into the air. I think this would provide the air/water interface that is needed and if I can fabricate the deflector shield properly, it will have a water fountain effect and will be nice to look at.

Any thoughts???