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Larry,
It sure sounds like a leak. To lose a foot a day in a 3'x3' area (only 9 square feet of surface area) is 9 cubic feet of water or about 67-68 gallons a day! If you had, say, 150 square feet of pond instead in full sun and lived in a hot and dry and/or windy climate, then to lose that much a day would take it down less than an inch and wouldn't be out of the range for evaporation alone. You may be able to pin it down by filling everything up to the brim but not running the waterfall. Let it stand for a day and see what part loses water. If nothing goes down, then yes, evaporation from your waterfall could be the problem - but to lose that much in a day I'd still suspect a leak. Happy Ponding, Tim "Larry" wrote in message ... This is my first post so my apologies if this has been covered in recent posts. I belong to rec. birds and someone directed me to you. I have recently put in a small two tier waterfall draining into a 3'x3' "pond" for my feathered friends. Waterfall is about 6-8' total length. Pond/receptacle part is loosing about 12" of water per day. In comparison to a pool 12" is a lot but for this small holding area I'm sure it isn't. I finally put in a dripper system, running a 1/4" tube underground with an adjustable mister at the pond end. Too lazy to run the hose for 20 minutes each day. I'm 98% sure the pond does not have a leak. Heavy duty rubber was put in. I think I'm just no used to the evaporation rate and didn't know what to expect. Can anyone with a small warterfall/pond feature reassure me that they too must top up their feature as I am? Thank you. Larry Southern Ontario |
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