Jeremy992 wrote:
I am very new to this site and new to gardening overall, and therefore
apologise for this very basic question.
I have quite a large garden and am thinking of building a largeish
pond
(22m x 17m approx 430,000 litres using internate calculation tools)
My question is how do I fill it with water? (as I am on a meter and
obviously this would be out of the question)
Apologies again for the base nature of the question but any help would
be appreciated.
Thanks




I have a decorative trout pond which is somewhat in the "range" of
yours, (19x 10 x2.1 meters deep at the "deep end") We calculated it to
be about 150 000 liters (time to pump out with pumps of "know" output).
I mostly let the rain fill it, but don't drain it during normally dry
periods. The surrounding lawn is sloped to the pond, giving me about
0.3 hectare rain collection area. It normally does not need filling
even during dry spells and is only drained every 3-4 years when I
restock (must "depopulate" before adding new fingerlings). That's also
when I tinker with the deep plants like water-lilies, etc.,
transplanting and thinning as necessary...