Tynk wrote:
On Jun 17, 9:46 pm, Clurrie wrote:
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...

An accident waiting to happen.......lawn runoff to fill a pond is dumb
dumb dumb as is relying on rain to fill it. Probably like a bloody
cesspool.
A pump with a known capacity, yea right. DUMBASS BRIT!

Note: I am neither dumb or a Brit. I have raised 3 1/4 pound
(delicious, by the way) fish in that "cesspool" as you call it. Also
have GREAT vegetation including beautiful flowers, rushes and even
carnivorous plants which are all thriving. The system works unless
you're an idiot and use chemicals on your lawn, which I don't. And,
while there is no doubt error in estimating volume by using pump output,
it's better than guessing how much liquid sits in an oddly-shaped hole
in your yard or bailling 40,000 gallons of water with a bucket. It's
close enough for me - give or take 20 %, who cares?

PS DumbAss is using potable water - a limited resource- to fill what is
basically a decoration when there's another alternative.