len writes:
i did think of pumping but imagined that would already be being done.

Yes, they pump as much as they can out of the pool every now and then,
but we are experiencing a very wet season, and the next day they're
back to square one.

not sure how cheap we can keep this but the ponding in the yard get
some cheap as sand or whatever and fill all of them in.

Well, yes. :-) The reason the yard is full of potholes is that they
had a bobcat in and trucked away heaps of soil to level the slope,
and the plan is to bring in good quality top soil once the retaining
wall is built.

you can buy the bti online what i saw it wasn't cheap, there again as
it is coming from overseas talk to customs first if that is the way
that is decided.

There has got to be a retailer here in Aust, I reckon. But they are
staying well hidden.

how about once it is pumped as much as can be (and we are coming into
our dry period now for the east coast, if news paper or cotton rags
wher sued to soak up the remainder of the water? they could be left in
the pool and then pump when excess water appears.

A big sponge would do it, but they'd have to do it daily at the moment,
and they'd soon get sick of that.

have they talked to the local council yet? try to do it in a way where
they may not need to identify who has the problem or where, they may
point you at a local product? did they check produce agencies they may
ahve product.

I'll be seeing them later this week, and will mention that line of
action.

a thought that just crossed me, we have a salchlor pool, how come
mossies don't breed in a finished pool? is it because of the salt
and/or chlorine??

Would the filter take out wrigglers? I doubt that salt would be a
deterrent; some of the meanest mozzies I've encountered launched
their attack from a brackish lagoon behind a beach.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)