Zero help...water would have done as well. The rain this year is keeping up with the seepage however....the pond is staying full or close to full in 2013. I do have a creek about 200 yards away that I ran 2" PVC to underground about 5 years ago and I have pumped as much as 120,000 gallons per day on dry years during cooler weather (should have run 3" for less gas burn).