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Cant pump from other ponds because they are about 10 miles away from this place. I have been running the pump for long periods of times with the valve open all the way. I can run this well at least 6 hrs wide open with no problem except for the volume of water goes down about 40 mins after it has been running. I believe that I have the water in the well to fill the ponds, I think it is just that after your post I may be running it to long. I am going to try and run one hour on and one off and see how this does. I think you may be right steve that this would be better, that way the well is not being pumped down so fast and I should get a good supply of water this way. I will open only half way and see what happens. It has been kind of dry here lately and that may be part of the problem.. The pond was filling good untill this last week and when I went to check it had went down some instead of up. You may be right about sepeage, and no, I did not put the hay in the ponds but if it will help I will. I do believe since this is a new well I will have to learn the well and find the best way to fill my ponds. I am going to give this a try and if it does not work Im going to have my water hauled in to fill the ponds and just use the well to keep them topped off. The well is around 300 feet deep and the pump like I said is 8.2 amps and I dont know if this has anything to do with it or not.
The well will pump 10 gallons a min. and then after one hour it drops down to about 5 gallons a min. The pump is a above ground pump. I hope this help to determine what changes I might make to help me.
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