Colette A. O'Brien wrote:
In message of Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Phil L writes
Have you tried syphoning it into a drain? - so long as the bottom of
the pool is higher than the drain, it should empty within a few days.

Any drains near the house lead to our septic tank which could not cope
with that amount of water.

I assumed the water just went in and then overflowed out and soaked away
naturally? - it would take as much as this during a few days of moderate
rainfall.


The roadway is some distance away and I don't have any hose that would
reach the nearest roadway drain nor would it be practical.

I agree, hence the suggestion about house drains.

I suppose my main concern is if the water could damage the plants in
the garden, if I decided to empty it bit by bit straight onto the
lawn and flower beds.

You'd be doing juist this if it went through the septic tank too, except it
would be a bit further from the garden....FWIW chlorine evaporates fairly
quickly, which is why swimming pools have to have it added daily.

you only have 2 realistic options:
1) let it run onto the garden.
2) let it run onto some other patch of land, after it's been through your
septic tank.