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1. Safety: Always dig with caution. Call 811 or your local utility company before you begin digging to locate buried pipes or power lines on your property.

2. Location: Consider how the water garden will enhance your landscape.

3. Elevation: Your pond should not be built on a slope or grade. If it is located at the lowest elevation of the yard, you will have rainwater run-off that can muddy the water, wash away fish and destroy plants.

4. Sunlight: If you wish to include plants that require moderate to full sunlight, you will need to choose a location with a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight. Shade is good, but note that trees do drop leaves, which can fill up your pond and cause organic decay.

5. Integration: The size, scale and layout of your pond should complement the other features of your yard, including your landscaping and terrain.

Things to consider before you start your next water garden project.

The basics include: a properly sized liner, a pump, a filter, and tubing to connect your equipment.

Everything you need right here!

Check out our Pond Basics page for everything you need to know about designing and building a pond.

The pond should be made as large as possible, especially if you wish to add fish and/or plants. Larger ponds are more stable ecologically, require less maintenance and are less costly per gallon. If you have the space available for a pond, then use it. The biggest complaint from first time pond builder is that they didn’t make their pond big enough. They are also safer for fish and can hold more lilies and other kinds of plants. Usually depths range from about 18 inches to 36 inches for water gardens and 3 feet to 6 feet for koi ponds. You should always check local codes for depth allowance and any fence requirements. Ponds that hold plants require sunlight so they should be kept in shallow areas.

For Circular Ponds (calculate in feet): Diameter x Diameter x Depth x 5.9  = gallons of pond water.

For Rectangular Ponds (calculate in feet): Length x Width x Depth x 7.5 = gallons of pond water.

Understand how filters work in our Filtration Basics.

Use this formula (measure in feet) to select the right liner.

Length + (Depth x 2) + (2 ft. overlap) = Liner Length
Width + (Depth x 2) + (2 ft. overlap) = Liner Width

When choosing a pump for your pond, there is a relatively easy formula for you to use. The goal of a pond pump is to turn half of the total water volume in your pond once an hour. For example, if your pond has a total of 1,000 gallons of water, you would want a pump with a GPH (gallons per hour) rating of 500 gallons.

Learn more about choosing the right pond pump.

Choose a fountain pump to match the height of your fountain. Measure from the water level to the highest point of the fountain that the water reaches; choose a pump that has an optimal pumping height greater than the height measured. All of our fountain pumps have an adjustable flow control to fine-tune the flow rate to match your fountain's size and effects. When in doubt, more pumping height is better since you can adjust flow with our Flow Control feature. This informative video might be helpful, click here.

Figuring out the correct pump size you need is worth the time and effort. If the pump is too small, there may be no waterfall because the pump wasn’t strong enough. If the pump is too large, there may be too much pressure for the size of the waterfall and water will gush over the sides instead of out of the spillway, creating a mess.

Find the right size waterfall pump in a few simple steps.