waste water while vacuuming?

[keep-it-simple]

Is there any reason I should not waste water while vacuuming the pool? Or rather while I am wasting water, can I vacuum too?

We've gotten 5" of rain so far this weekend. The past 6 days were dry, but we got 4" of rain last weekend.
Georgia tends to be clear and sunny then dump an inch of rain in a single afternoon thundershower, so I'm hoping the rainwater equals evaporation and splash out during the summer. But for now, just a lot of wasting/back washing.
My pool is surrounded by an oak tree, a maple tree, and 12 Georgia pines (with these terrible things all over:

)
Lots of vacuuming and leaf-netting!

Thanks!

 

[jblizzle]

I think you are asking if you can vacuum while on the waste setting ... Yes you can, if you are dumping water anyway.

 

[keep-it-simple]

Ok thanks. I've been wasting while manually vacuuming since we moved in. Just wanted to make sure there's no reason the filter should be running.

 

[jblizzle]

If you do not want to remove water and there is not TOO much dirt, you can vacuuming into the filter instead.