water evaporation -or- need to decrease return pump flow?

My guess is that your evaporation is going to be in direct proportion to the humidty level in your air.. I live wayyy up north and in the winter the air drys out significantly. So my evap has gone from about 1 gallon per day to almost 2.5 to 3 just because of how dry the air is..
 
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