Thanks for the great replies. I'm learning lots from this place.
I took some pictures of my pond today and slung a web-page together to show/explain my situation. I ramble quite a bit, but wanted to give and show as much detail as I could so I could help others to help me and the pond.
http://h1.ripway.com/Questoonable/pondstuff.html This pond is right around 1 acre surface area, and somewhat of an odd L-shape. Overall it's a fairly shallow pond, due to the edges sloping so slow. Out in the middle its an average of about 10' where I plan to place a diffuser until someone convinces me that a fountain would be better. The pond is fed just from run-off.
Summary of situation: I need to go approx. 1100' to a 1 acre pond that has a max depth of about 10' out in the center of it all. All this on a budget of roughly $500 or less.
At this point the only thing I have ruled out is the windmill setup, that just wont be practical for me, and again during those hot muggy lazy summer days when you need it to work, it wouldn't be.
If I knew the first thing about building my own solar kit I would love to do that, but I don't even have a clue where to start to find the pieces of that puzzle. Seems the panel alone that I would want/need would be over my budget by itself.
As for running electricity 1100', from what I have been told the size line I would have to run would be a fortune. I would like to just go this route though. Seems more practical to have a pump next to the pond rather than up here in the garage with an air line that long. Deep down I am leaning this direction.
Thanks again for the replies, and thanks for all that follow in helping me figure out the best way to do this project. All suggestions and advice are very welcome.
