With modern housing being quite close together and with smaller gardens complaints of water noise is quite common especially in the summer months when peope have their windows open at night.
It should be quite easy to reduce the noise though.
The most common cause of water noise is a waterfall, but with the colder weather now this should be shut off now.
Even a drop of 3 or 4 inches back into a pond can make quite a noise. You can reduce the noise by reducing the flow to the waterfall or altering the fall back into the pond.
Other water noise can be caused by returns from the pump dropping into the pond. If you have a venturi then the return will be underwater and should not make a noise.
If the pump return is above water then you can add a pipe that takes the return below the water surface. Returns from a Trickle Tower or similar appliance can also be dealt with this way and will be completely quiet.
Posted on Nov 20, 2006, 6:55 AM from IP address 86.128.126.122