Hello all, I visit here often but rarely post as most of the time all my thoughts have been posted by the time I read the thread. I am looking for some help on this situation though. I have a pond that is drying up because of lack of rain and the little creek that feeds it is down to a trickle. Below my pond (litterally 100 feet from the dam), still on my property, but CLOSE to the property line back in the woods there is a little creek and kind of a swampy area. The creek flow is probably only 1/2 gallon a minute or something. I am trying to think of a way to pump this water back up the hill (about 20 ft vertically and 100 feet linear) to my pond. I would love to do it using solar so it doesnt cost me any on my power bill. My biggest question is how to collect the water out of a swampy mash area. I was considering burying a 55 gallon drum with some holes in it so that the water would seep in then I could pump that water. I was going to set up a timer to turn the pump on and off for 5 minute bursts or something.... Any help is greatly appreciated!!!