Water to our pond has always spilled out of pipe at the shore, splashing into the pond. There is a lot of energy since there is a significant length and elevation drop to the pipe.

Would it be beneficial to extend the pipe to the bottom center of the pond, and have the water introduced that way? There is enough pressure to push the water through since the pond is only 12 feet deep. Would this improve the water quality without doing aeration?

Or does the "splash" method at the surface add some aeration that a bottom introduction would not?