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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: pitmanuk on May 13, 2013, 03:27:51 pm

Title: pump for pond?
Post by: pitmanuk on May 13, 2013, 03:27:51 pm

hi i need some advice regarding water pumps. im looking to pump water from our stream to a pond im building for the geese. the stream is about a metre bellow the level of the pond and about 10m away.

thanks

Title: Re: pump for pond?
Post by: bloomer on May 13, 2013, 03:43:23 pm

do you just want it to occasionally top the pond up up or to provide a continuous flow?


do you have mains power available for it?

Title: Re: pump for pond?
Post by: pitmanuk on May 13, 2013, 03:45:44 pm

i could hook up a mains no problem.

im looking for a top up really

Title: Re: pump for pond?
Post by: bloomer on May 13, 2013, 03:57:51 pm

any small submersible pump that connects to a regular hose should do hozelock make some good ones that are fairly cheap.


i build ponds and garden water features hence my over fascination with pumps!!!

Title: Re: pump for pond?
Post by: pitmanuk on May 13, 2013, 04:06:22 pm

thanks ill take a look

Title: Re: pump for pond?
Post by: Fleecewife on May 13, 2013, 11:57:11 pm

Don't you need permission from the Water Board to take water from a stream?

Title: Re: pump for pond?
Post by: pitmanuk on May 14, 2013, 07:11:07 am

i say stream but its a glorified drainage ditch. and its only a temporary relocation as the pond will drain back to the stream.