Building Lake Corona
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Eagle1
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EddieWalker
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You'll be getting the mower stuck trying to mow as close to the water as possible in no time at all!!!! At least that's what happens where I live.
I should know in a week if it's going to hold. At this level before the rework water loss was pretty rapid.
For the first time I am feeling pretty optimistic that I have fixed the leaks in the pond. It may be end of the year or even into next before it completely fills but water loss is looking good. Plugging surface area, temps, humidity and some wind into some formulas I'm getting estimates of around 0.2 to 0.25 inch per day loss to evaporation. Over the last 5+ days, 128 hours I've lost 1 inch and averaging a loss of 0.1875 per day.
EddieWalker
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The yardstick makes it easy to see what's happening. I found a yellow plastic one that lasted for quite a while for my pond. The wood one sort of dissolved into the pond.
When my pond was full, I put the yardstick in upside down, so it was easy to see what I had lost. The top of the yardstick was right at the surface when full, then when it was down an inch, I would see one inch sticking up from the water. Most summers I will lose two feet of water, but in a really bad summer it was down 8 feet!!!
When my pond was full, I put the yardstick in upside down, so it was easy to see what I had lost. The top of the yardstick was right at the surface when full, then when it was down an inch, I would see one inch sticking up from the water. Most summers I will lose two feet of water, but in a really bad summer it was down 8 feet!!!
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That (8ft) was an awful long yard stick. Jon
EddieWalker
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That summer we went over 100 days without rain, and temps over 100 degrees. My other pond dried up and I lost over 60 catfish that were all over ten pounds. They died at the same time, when the water was just a foot or two deep. I guess they cooked, or there wasn't enough oxygen for them anymore. The number of vultures was more than I could count!!! My big pond still had enough water in it for the fish to survive, but I was getting nervous.
ponytug
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Woo-hoo!
Congratulations!
All the best, Peter
Congratulations!
All the best, Peter