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As for the vacuuming you may be able to siphon vac depending upon what you have to work with.
Show us a pic of your vacuum
Is that off the skimmer and using hose to skimmer basket or actual hole. And in filter in this situation or waste when water rushes out so fast and gets low and then air gets sucked in.
 
Is that off the skimmer and using hose to skimmer basket or actual hole. And in filter in this situation or waste when water rushes out so fast and gets low and then air gets sucked in.
Siphon vacuuming is just creating a siphon with the vac hose & throwing the hose end in the yard for the discharge
The pump is not involved.
It wastes water but not as fast as vacuuming to waste with the pump.
 
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