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[QUOTE="addy1, post: 472051, member: 2547"]
The main pond, the stream ponds, the deck ponds all drop on real hot days.  The other 4 are on a constant feed from the big pond so they maintain their level.  Which draws water from the big pond.     When the deck and stream ponds pump fires up then their level is brought back to full.   At times that will drop the big ponds level.   Depending on how low they got.  The water just goes into the main pond.  At times no  drop other times a big drop, low humidity high winds the level drops, hot hot hot and the plants suck out the water and evaporation etc.   I am guessing as to how much water, we get 3 gallons a minute with our well pump.  I put the auto water system on a timer, I change the amount of time over the summer, more in mid summer less spring and fall.

I have never worried about the amount of refill.  If we get a edge leak, a critter stepped on the edge the leak it is obvious.   I just dropped over a foot due to a critter, crushed down the edge of the liner on one of the small ponds.  The flow is slow into them, but it sure did drop the big pond level overnight.
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