good day all!
I've been lurking these many months and want to thank many for the invaluable comments which have made me learn a lot about pond construction.
I will be posting pictures of my existing 1000 gallon pond shortly, but in the meantime I'm wondering if i could get hints/tips on the following new pond I'm being tasked to build:
basically, what is required is a waterfall feeding a stream which will measure 40 feet long which will end into a circular pond of 3000 gallons. The grade of the land and hollow marries very well this scheme but my main stumbling block is the pump to run it all.
I think its clear the pump will be in the main circular body of water of the pond and will need to push up via hard plumbing back up to the waterfall and the gravity will take its course.
I imagine in a worst case scenario that i should calculate 15 feet head ( from pump at the bottom of pond to top of waterfall) + probably and additional 15 feet head due to the length of the run from pump to waterfall ( distance wise, not height wise )
Am i correct in my assumption and what GPH pump should i be thinking about?
best regards!
I've been lurking these many months and want to thank many for the invaluable comments which have made me learn a lot about pond construction.
I will be posting pictures of my existing 1000 gallon pond shortly, but in the meantime I'm wondering if i could get hints/tips on the following new pond I'm being tasked to build:
basically, what is required is a waterfall feeding a stream which will measure 40 feet long which will end into a circular pond of 3000 gallons. The grade of the land and hollow marries very well this scheme but my main stumbling block is the pump to run it all.
I think its clear the pump will be in the main circular body of water of the pond and will need to push up via hard plumbing back up to the waterfall and the gravity will take its course.
I imagine in a worst case scenario that i should calculate 15 feet head ( from pump at the bottom of pond to top of waterfall) + probably and additional 15 feet head due to the length of the run from pump to waterfall ( distance wise, not height wise )
Am i correct in my assumption and what GPH pump should i be thinking about?
best regards!