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I found the source of my water loss today. I noticed this morning that I'd lost several inches of water overnight.
Suspecting that I did in fact have a leaky pipe somewhere, I followed the pipe line looking for any sign of a wet spot.
to no avail. But when I got to the upper pond, I noticed water was higher than normal, and flowing out into the yard.
What had happened is the floating plants in the upper pond, had floated over and clogged the spillway, thus raising the water level enough for the pond to overflow it's bank at a low point.
I put the cure into effect by adding a piece of black roll pipe across the spillway about 2' out. That will prevent the plants from clogging the spillway and still let their roots act as a filter.
Suspecting that I did in fact have a leaky pipe somewhere, I followed the pipe line looking for any sign of a wet spot.
to no avail. But when I got to the upper pond, I noticed water was higher than normal, and flowing out into the yard.
What had happened is the floating plants in the upper pond, had floated over and clogged the spillway, thus raising the water level enough for the pond to overflow it's bank at a low point.
I put the cure into effect by adding a piece of black roll pipe across the spillway about 2' out. That will prevent the plants from clogging the spillway and still let their roots act as a filter.
Water still flows, just at a tad lower volume than the pump is designed for.