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What Would Be Normal Rate of Surface Fall?
I have recently moved into a house and have found a butyl-lined pond at the
bottom of the garden with very little water in it. I have filled it but find that the water level is falling. Not being experienced with ponds I cannot tell if this is normal evaporation or a leak. What rate of surface level fall would you expect to be normal for a pond that is: - in Wiltshire in England - in shade - about 4 square meters surface area - no plants thanks Davy |
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What Would Be Normal Rate of Surface Fall?
On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:55:04 +0100, "Davy" wrote:
I have recently moved into a house and have found a butyl-lined pond at the bottom of the garden with very little water in it. I have filled it but find that the water level is falling. Not being experienced with ponds I cannot tell if this is normal evaporation or a leak. What rate of surface level fall would you expect to be normal for a pond that is: - in Wiltshire in England - in shade - about 4 square meters surface area - no plants Davy Not much currently, assuming you're coolish, occasional rain right now? Is there a waterfall? Moving water of any kind? If no moving water. Take a bucket and set it on something in the pond, fill it to the level the pond is at. If the water in the pond, goes below the level of the bucket, you've got a leak. ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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What Would Be Normal Rate of Surface Fall?
Moments before spontaneously combusting Davy at
was heard opining: I have recently moved into a house and have found a butyl-lined pond at the bottom of the garden with very little water in it. I have filled it but find that the water level is falling. Not being experienced with ponds I cannot tell if this is normal evaporation or a leak. ================= I'm in the USA and when the weather is damp here, there is little evaporation. In dryer sunny breezy weather it can be an inch a day. But this also depends on what's running in the ponds. A water fall or spray fountain may cause more evaporation. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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What Would Be Normal Rate of Surface Fall?
I have recently moved into a house and have found a butyl-lined pond at
the bottom of the garden with very little water in it. I have filled it but find that the water level is falling. Not being experienced with ponds I cannot tell if this is normal evaporation or a leak. What rate of surface level fall would you expect to be normal for a pond that is: - in Wiltshire in England - in shade - about 4 square meters surface area - no plants Davy Snip ... Take a bucket and set it on something in the pond, fill it to the level the pond is at. If the water in the pond, goes below the level of the bucket, you've got a leak. ~ jan Jan, what a nice simple test; obvious when you are told. No fountain or plants growing out of the water so should work. I will try it now. cheers Davy |
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What Would Be Normal Rate of Surface Fall?
Snip ... Take a bucket and set it on something in the pond, fill
it to the level the pond is at. If the water in the pond, goes below the level of the bucket, you've got a leak. ~ jan what a nice simple test; obvious when you are told. No fountain or plants growing out of the water so should work. I will try it now. cheers Davy Come to think about it, it does fall in that KISS category doesn't it? ;o} I'm really hoping you find it is only evaporation. ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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