How much would you expect a 6 foot by 10 foot pond to evaporate per day in hot weather?
And is it the sunshine or the temperature that causes more evaporation?
2007-04-21 09:32:07 · 7 answers · asked by cigaro19 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
about 1mil a day.
2007-04-21 09:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by NIGEL R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would expect an evaporation of 2 inches a week with the lovely weather we are having now. In winter there is minimal evaporation, and of course the rain will keep it topped up. The hotter the temperature the more the evaporation, also the more wind the more evaporation. It is not the sun, it is the temperature and the wind that cause it.
2007-04-24 10:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mother Hen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh goodness! There are so many variables:
Air temperature, humidity, wind, environment and surface area, are you using an aerator, etc.
Evaporation occurs when the liquid molecules absorb enough heat energy to vaporize into a gas. The heat energy, which causes the molecules to move, is called kinetic energy.
The water molecules remain the same during this change, except that they're moving much more quickly and their energy increases due to that movement.
The heat from the sun causes the water to evaporate—or turn to gas. It takes longer for water to evaporate in cool weather than hot weather. Wind can also be a factor affecting evaporation. Water aerators increase the amount of water exposed to the air thus increase the potential for evaporation. If the air is saturated, high humidity, the evaporation rate drops off dramatically.
2007-04-21 09:54:01 · answer #3 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot depends on depth of pond as there are currents caused by the heat which fetch cooler water to the surface and reduce evaporation.
2007-04-21 09:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By adding plants to your pond it will help with evaporation of your pond
2007-04-23 06:04:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you added pond plants? If you want to keep fish, and have clean water (and it's only natural to have plants with fish), you need about 2/3rds of the surface covered with shading plants, such as lillies, and plenty of oxygenating plants, such as Elodea Crispea,or Canadian Pondweed. You should plant Irises to remove the ammonia from the fishes waste- they also flower beautifully.
2007-04-21 09:38:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
high temperature = high evaperation
you should loose and most a few inches
2007-04-22 06:48:48 · answer #7 · answered by orfeo_fp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋