On Jun 7, 3:02�am, wrote:
On Jun 6, 11:20�pm, "Bob F" wrote:

"dnoyeB" wrote in message

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I recalculated based on volume of water displaced. �Still an estimate. �My
new value is 14,230 gallons per day. �So you were correct in this. �This
number is more accurate.

That's still a lot of water, if it is during the dry months.

It sure is a lot of water for a sump pump to be running constantly.

�I would suggest a

sprinkler pump with the pickup in the sump. Limit the number of heads on each
zone to keep the water needs less than the sump flow. Use �a pressure tank and
switch to control the pump so that it shuts off when the pressure gets high,
unless the flow needed is near what the pump can provide. The sump pumps
probably do not provide enough pressure to run sprinklers properly.

I'd also recalculate the amount of water needed to irrigate the
lawn. � A lawn needs about an inch of water to do a good watering
For any reasonable size lawn, that translates into something more like
your original number of 3600 gallons, not 350, which would be OK for
watering a garden. �To put an inch down on 5,000 sq ft, requires 3100
gallons.

so close to a stream, the ground is likely already wet.

too much water isnt necessarily a good thing