Hi Aylad, Oh, thanks for reading and answering and reading between the lines of my post questions and ignorance. I think I will refill because the amount of electric and personal energy and time it is costing me more in the long run. I do not have well water or stream either. Ugg, my husband is going to kill me. This $300 pool has cost us $200 in labor for trees to be cut down only to find out the neighbors trees cover the pools sunlight and leveling off the ground $200 and sand delivered $125 only to find out the sunny area and low end of the yard is on the other side of the yard and chemicals, and we have'nt gotten the water bill for the first 5000 gallons, now another! Yikes! Oh well lessons learned and a story to pass down to the grand kids someday I guess. lol