"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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Wes Schott writes:

My swimming pool is losing about 1/2" to 1" of water per day.

Is this normal?


Yes. Mine loses at least that much. I live in Las Vegas. I would check
for leaks, but evaporation can be more than one would expect.

Steve


Here in the desert southwest, evaporation from open bodies of water is about
7.5 feet per year, probably more than a foot in a typical hot summer month.
Days with high temperatures and wind experience the greatest loss. The 1/2"
to 1" inch you cite, if it occurs in the summer, seems to be well within the
range you might expect. On the other hand, such losses in January might
suggest leakage.

SJF