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<blockquote data-quote="Logar" data-source="post: 1518051" data-attributes="member: 31166"><p>For many years our house only had water from a very large dugout/pond that filled with spring run off - we also watered cattle from the same water source - this is how we did it.....................</p><p></p><p>Fence the pond.</p><p></p><p>Buy a wind mill with a pump to aerate the pond. Or if you do not have enough wind, use a solar air pump. Put that hose in to the pond and let it lay on the bottom. That will improve the water quality over time and clear up the water. If it is a large pond you might consider using more than one aerator.</p><p></p><p>Put an additional line in the pond - suspend the end (intake) do not lay it on the bottom to prevent mud from being sucked in - you can use a couple of big plastic bottles as floats - use this as the intake to the water troughs that your cattle will use. Pump the water to the troughs. We used wind mills as we had enough wind to do the job but again, you can use solar or something similar.</p><p></p><p>Provide a gravity flow return line to the pond from the troughs so the trough does not overflow and create a mud bog around the troughs.</p><p></p><p>It is simple and it works. We did this for more than 30 years. I was by the old home place a while back and the new owners are still using the same system.</p><p></p><p>My best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logar, post: 1518051, member: 31166"] For many years our house only had water from a very large dugout/pond that filled with spring run off - we also watered cattle from the same water source - this is how we did it..................... Fence the pond. Buy a wind mill with a pump to aerate the pond. Or if you do not have enough wind, use a solar air pump. Put that hose in to the pond and let it lay on the bottom. That will improve the water quality over time and clear up the water. If it is a large pond you might consider using more than one aerator. Put an additional line in the pond - suspend the end (intake) do not lay it on the bottom to prevent mud from being sucked in - you can use a couple of big plastic bottles as floats - use this as the intake to the water troughs that your cattle will use. Pump the water to the troughs. We used wind mills as we had enough wind to do the job but again, you can use solar or something similar. Provide a gravity flow return line to the pond from the troughs so the trough does not overflow and create a mud bog around the troughs. It is simple and it works. We did this for more than 30 years. I was by the old home place a while back and the new owners are still using the same system. My best. [/QUOTE]
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