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Originally posted by PROD49 View PostYeah, I'll end up digging a new well next year and pit a windmill pump on it.
I don't remember the exact specs but it is the biggest pump i can pump on the 1 1/4 pipe we run down into the well. I ran pvc under ground to the tank. It is about 150 ft or so.
Last time i checked it would fill a 2.5 gallon bucket in just under a minute with an average wind turning it.
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Originally posted by PROD49 View PostOk, so then new plan dig out deeper this year and dig a new well next to pond next year.Last edited by BrandonA; 03-08-2018, 11:36 AM.
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my perspective
I have a small (half acre) pond. During the drought of 2011-12 it dropped real low, but did not empty. We considered running a garden hose to it to try to maintain some level of water. However, some quick math answered our question of whether we should try it. Here it is:
Say you have a 1 acre pond (when full--surface acreage--we understand the surface area decreases as the pond lowers)
In each acre foot (an acre foot is the amount of water it takes to cover one acre of ground one foot deep) there are 325,851 gallons of water.
If your pond is on average (assume straight walls all the way around) 8 feet deep, then you have 8 acre-feet of water (8 x 325,851 = 2,606,808 gallons of water in the pond.
So, to bring our half acre pond up 1 foot would have been 162,925 gallons. Not even a consideration, since we are on city water.
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Look at neighboring tracts to see how far they had to go on a well, then you can back into your costs. (I want to say there is a public data base where you can look).
I would look at getting a tractor and a dirt spreader to dig out the tank a build a berm. Then you can line it.
Between the well, dirt work, and bentonite, you are going to be spending a considerable amount of money. Much more than it will cost to run the well.
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