bbrown9506 wrote:
what is a acceptable amount of water loss--due to evaporation etc?
Trying to figure out if I have a leak....

Pond is in So Cal, where we get hot days over 98 and cold nights below
70, so the ponds goes through some big temp swings. ANyway

the pond has a 3 to 4ft waterfall into a 5 by 4 2ft deep pond that
drops into a 5 ft, few inch deep stream. the water then ends in the
final pond about 11ft by 8, witha depth from 2ft to a bog shelf around
9 inches deep! anyway windering how much water people loss and how
often they top off their pond? It seems I have to do it every other
day, as I lose about a inch or so in that time in the bottom pond only!

My pond is way smaller than yours - three half whiskey barrels connected
with spillways. However, I'm also in So Cal so maybe what I'm seeing
will help. Temps here are in the upper 80s during the day (I'm probably
a bit more coastal), and it's quite dry. I'm losing a little over an
inch a day from my bottom barrel, and topping off about 4" every 3 days.

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