He's going to just maintain at half full with the well as required. It was so dry this summer that he'd lost at least 18 inches to evaporation and was getting concerned about the fish and temp of the water etc. So he drilled a well and 19 days of using just the two garden hose hook ups had it back to the 1/2 full level which is about one surface acre. The plan is for the thing to finish filling over the fall and winter rains. One Hurricane should fill him right up. If he�d had it dug when Katrina ran over the top of him�it would have filled in three days.
This well's electric is hooked up to his shop (which is on its own service so he knows how much power was used those 19 days and the Kw cost. It was right at $90. With that tank, the pump doesn't run continuously.
A buddy of mine has a brother with a couple of ponds and a lake. So he�s always working with his water situation on the ponds. He put in a 5hp motor/Pump on an existing well because he wanted to keep that pond full. He ran that setup for a month and liked to have croaked (no tank that I�m aware of�just pumping and running continuous) when the electric bill came in. No telling how much water he sent over the spillway.
