Filling pool with Well water without running well dry

[SissyH]

Hi,

thank you so much for the response.

Yes it is a Vinyl liner
Filter type...........hmmm I have to check why???

The Pond is spring fed approx 4 acres, no swamp,with lots of fish and turtles.
If we could use the pond water as well that would be great!!!!

thanks Sissy

[MarkC]

I toasted a well pump filling my 2500 gallon seasonal pool one year. It failed a week after I filled the pool. Coincidence? I do think the cycling was what killed it.

[duraleigh]

At what rate will your well replenish itself?

My 350' deep well produces 1.5 gpm......filling a pool is out of the question.

I filled from the pond using my existing sand filter (similar setup to what Poconos is describing) and had the water crystal clear in five days.

Search this forum for well water problems.....you'll find a ton of them. I'd sure price trucking it in first, pond water as my second choice, and well water dead last.

[Poconos]

Sissy,
The reason I asked about the filter is if you have a lot of crud to filter from the pond, a sand filter is much easier to clean if you have to do it often during the fill. Sounds like you have a nice pond so use it.
Jo,
As long as the pump is submerged it should get adequate cooling so it could run continuously. When I filled my 22K gal pool in 97 it was an original pump maybe 22 years old. Ran continuously for almost a day as I vaguely recall. Still working fine almost 9 years later. Maybe I shouldn't brag.
Al