I'm on a well water for my home and was wondering how can I use it also to keep my pond full, or should I consider on a separate well just for pond.The well for my house is 100ft 1hp submerseable pump 1 inch pipe from pump into house to the presure tank tee and then 3/4 inch mains from there all fixtures including outside faucets are 1/2 inch. I have never ran out of water and have left on watering lawn 24 hrs straight with no problems. (well driller said well produces 20-30 gal minute when he drilled in 1995) In 2002 they ran city water out here and aprox 200 homes around us hooked up to it. My 10 neighbors and I live in middle of these homes on private road and I have 5.5 acres with my pond so I would think my water table has raised quite a bite since. If I was to drill new well how far should I keep it from pond and what size pump and piping should I run to pond to keep it full since I don't have a big water shed ( 2inch rain pond only raises 4 inches we don't get big rains from june to october storms seem to go around the valley we live in,in this town. I have ran outside fauet to pond with garden hose and it takes all day to raise 1/2 acre pond 1/4 inch and it takes pressure away from house quite a bite. Any advice would really be appreciated.
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P.S. Want to thank Meadowlark for information on how to fight filamentous algae, was raking out everyday and back was killing me besides time it took to rake, pond was approx 1/4 covered everyday now after 3 weeks no more algae and you can watch them eat the stuff on top too. Thank you Meadowlark, pond looks great and the bass are getting really fat..