Originally Posted by esshup
Originally Posted by Tbar
I was thinking of having a well drilled to top off my pond in the summer and to water the yard. A few questions:


Where would be the best place to pump the water?

Onto the water surface
Mid column
bottom of the pond

Would a solar pump keep up with evaporation in a 5 acre pond in NE Texas

What about pumping the water through a fountain


Thanks in advance for your input.

Here's a place to check for data. It will tell you historically how much water you have lost. https://waterdatafortexas.org/lake-evaporation-rainfall

It looks like annually you have been in a net defecit of 8"-14" per year. So, for a 5 acre pond that is between 1,086,170 to 1,900,780 gallons of water per year, which isn't really that bad. I looked at data for area 511 and 512 since I don't know where your pond is.


Very informative....Thank you! And you nailed it with area 512.

I may run it through a fountain to aerate the water.