I think most people would be shocked at how much water evaporates from a pond. We get heavy wave action all day every day.

If you put a bucket with water in it then have another bucket with water in it and aerate one and not the other you will loose easy a half inch a day.

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7/8th of an acre, Perch only pond, Ontario, Canada.