Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Pumping Well Water Into The Pond Questions...

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.

Estimation of water volume needed
1 inch of water in a 5 acre pond is about 140,000 gallons
A well pumping 15 gallons a minute will pump 21,600 gallons a day
Your pond is probably losing an inch a week minimum in evaporation + seepage
I guess you could maybe maintain, in the cooler months but that’s about it.

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.

You must really have an excellent, high-volume water well ... when you can keep your vertical pond full!