Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Runoff question

I am kinda a newb to this...but if your pond is a ground water table pond, it's level will fluctuate with the level of ground water no matter how much runoff you get. If it is a runoff pond, then I would not expect what soaks into the ground to change your water level. If it did, then your pond level would drain out when the ground was dry (pond water level would be based on ground water table level).

Of course there are variables.... like if it is spring fed then what soaks into the ground will raise the level of water. Probably too many variables to be able to answer your question without more info.

My small pond is a runoff pond. I don't think it goes up much at all from a long soaking rain...other than the actual rain amount (IE an inch of a long soaking rain=an inch rise in water level). Though the 4+ inches of heavy rain we got recently raised it a couple feet.

Sean