On Oct 10, 3:07*pm, wrote:
From time to time I have to refill my swimming pool due to
evaporation.

Sometimes when I know a big storm is coming I will open the drain and
let it drain an additional 8" and I will fill it back up to the proper
level after the storm passes.

I have always used the garden hose to do that and just turn on the
water.

I also have a well pump that is hooked up to the sprinkler system. *On
the well pump is a spigot, I never used it, but I could connect the
garden hose to it, turn the valve off to the sprinkler line and use
the well water to fill the pool.

I will save on the water bill...but I will pay more for the electric
consumption to run the pool. *I am not sure which one yields more cost
savings.

My pool is 25000 gallons. *It's depth varies from 3 to 9 feet so I
would assume an average depth of 6 feet, so on average, to fill one
inch of my pool is around 350 gallons. *To fill 10 inches is 3500
gallons.

I don't know if it matters, just more or less curious. *I guess my
well water would also be harder with more minerals.

MC

Where do you live? Water is pretty cheap here in the great lakes. In
fact till some time in the 70's to 80's water was free in many towns
and Chicago. Now I guess the whole country gets a water bills. I
guess you could run the pump for a minute and take a reading from your
electric meter for that minute (assuming no other appliances go on in
the house). Then you would have to ask how many gallons got pumped in
that minute. Then calculate the cost of the electricity per 1000
gallons or so. It would be a close call here as water is not very
costly, but electricity is outrageous.