Re- [Ponds-Koi] WATER?!? YEH, RIGHT!
HINT:
Let’s assume that your upper pond is exactly 3 times as large a surface area as the lower pond. And we disregard the connecting stream for ease of doing this problem. If there was evaporation of one inch, the lower pond would be lower by 4 inches - the total gallonage of evaporation from both ponds would affect only the lower pond’s level - since the pump keeps the upper pond at the same constant level.
If the lower pond was 3 times as large as the upper, then the one inch evaporation would result in only a 1-1/3″ drop. Hence the lower pond should always be the larger.
So, dearest Cajun, the “DUH is that the upper is always full and the evaporation only drops the lower pond. (I told you it was a DU-UH!”) Now, who’s going to do the correct math?
This misconception or mental omission is one reason why people think that they have a leak when they do not. Barbara might be told by someone like me that 1 inch a week is normal evaporation - but she has a 4″ drop! She therefore must have a leak! Nope - she merely has a 1 inch drop that affects only the lower pond’s level - magnifying it.
So how come Hawaii has interstate highways?
And if you choked a smurf, what color would they turn?
It’s all just so confusing!
:-)
Bill
Category: Philippines Internet Koi Society
