Water meters calculating volume of water garden ponds

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Measuring volume of water in garden ponds

Pond volume ... how to measure it

More on measuring pond volume. Measuring pond volume in USA .... Burt Ballou pointed out
that in USA most homes have a water metre which can be accessed readily.

This makes pond volume measurement simple if you start with an empty system. Just make sure that while filling the pond nobody uses then toilet,
takes a shower does the washing up etc. All you have to do is then record the start and finish readings from the metre to get a very accurate
indication of pond volume.

Measuring pond volume using science .. this is worth pointing out for its simple but brilliant bit of chemistry. Once more I am grateful to a reader for pointing this out to me. This method depends upon a pondkeeper using salt in the pond water. By measuring the salt concentration in the pond water before and after adding a known amount (lbs) of salt to the pond it is possible to calculate the pond volume very accurately and easily assuming the salt hydrometer is also accurate.