I'm affraid you must talk with an experimented gardener instead of
searching for formulas, but it is your choice. The clue looks to me in
dimension right the pump debit and the water loss by infiltration and
evaporation.

success,
Vasile

On 3/1/06, Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to make some fountains for my home, and I'm wondering
> if anyone has any input.
>
> In particular, I'm wondering about an equation describing the
> behavior of a stream of water emerging from a hole in a
> reservoir.  Google search terms are proving elusive.  It seems to
> me that the equation should be pretty simple, based on depth
> of water and size of hole.  The result should be a half-parabola.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Mike H.
>
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