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Is all of the water loss from evaporation or transpiration? i.e. no water loss from leaks in the pond?

Somebody please check my math.

Thanks to Chris Steelman and FishinRod, here is the explanation behind the numbers.

If all water loss is from Evapotranspiration, then this is applicable for August (for an average year in Houston).
325,851 (gallons in an Ac/ft of water) ÷ 12 (inches) = 27,154 (gallons per inch) x 4 (inches per month Evapotranspiration Rate loss) = 108,617 (gallons per month per surface acre loss) x 8 (surface acres) = 868,936 ÷ 30 (average days per mnth) = 28,964 (gallons per day) ÷ 24 (hours in a day) = 1,206 (gallons per hour) ÷ 60 (minutes) = 20.1 gpm if run 24/7.

Only way to be sure about the water loss is to stick a yardstick in the BOW and measure vertical drop over a few months and compare it to the evaporation rates for that area.