pools are even worse than lawns, I have a huge yard (1+ acre) and a medium sized pool...on a hot summer day, the pool will lose 1/4 inch of water to evaporation

pools are even worse than lawns, I have a huge yard (1+ acre) and a medium sized pool...on a hot summer day, the pool will lose 1/4 inch of water to evaporation..80 gallons 80 gallons a day every day for months, and you can't just let the pool empty out halfway until rain comes - the intakes for the pump will run dry and your water will turn green as it no longer is getting filtered so a pool really does need to be either full or pumped dry my lawn doesn't use 80 gallons a day in watering, and it provides an ecosystem for the septic system this is important to remember - anyone on septic needs to keep vegetation going to process waste, or you will end up with sewage on the surface and zika mosquitos residential pools are on borrowed time