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Hello Melanie,
Just brain-storming here. If there is not a leak......are you sure it 
holds 90 gallons? A 110gal rubber tank measures 53"Lx36"Wx21"Deep. If 
you live on the Mexican border like I do maybe the illegals are taking it? =-O
Don Huston


At 11:01 AM 6/29/2007 Friday, you wrote:
> Fellow Ridecampers:
>
> I'm hoping someone can help me solve a mystery.  I have a 90 gallon 
> water trough for two horses and the last few days I have gone out at 
> night to feed and found the thing DRY.  I can't figure out where the 
> water is going because I can't imagine that, even in this heat 
> (95-ish), two horses could drink 90 gallons of water in less than 12 hours!
>
> Here are the variables:
> The pump went out on the well, so I recently switched to house 
> water.  I suspect it tastes better.
> I fixed the trough with a wooden frame so that it can't get tipped over.
> I removed the hose after filling in case it was backflowing and 
> creating a suction.
> I saw the chickens drinking out of it, but 3 chickens shouldn't be 
> able to hold that much water either!  No other critter has access to 
> that trough (that I know of).
> Neither horse is working hard.
> All last summer I never had the thing go dry in less than 24 hrs. 
> with the same two horses
>
> Everyone put your Nancy Drew cap on and please help me solve this mystery!
>
> melanie

Don Huston at cox dot net
SanDiego, Calif 



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