haha
haha
I have access to "city" water; however, I still use 100% well water from a shallow well. My brother (water professional) checks it every couple of years to see if it has problems and he is always surprised of the quality. I love the fact that when there are boil advisories or pipe bursts resulting in low or no pressure, I have a seemingly unlimited supply. Of course I am not in the mountains and would certainly like the ability to have a ready supply. Cisterns are readily available, the bigger question would be how to treat water to make it potable later. GLWS, MG
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two pages and not one single mention of flouride.
I am truly disappointed.
Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.
flouride
it's the reason I put in a well, ain't no soylent green happening up in my house
Last edited by Glenn; 07-13-2020 at 03:50 PM.
it needs to be added to a certain ppm designated by people who science stuff.
and, apparently, Hitler.
Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.
If you want a potable water backup to prep for "dooms day" then a manufactured package is the only way that I would go, but of course you would also need solar and batteries for dooms day.
If you are looking to irrigate then:
1 - Estimate monthly or quarterly rainfall using historical data: Monthly/Quarterly Rainfall depth x 0.80 x Impervious Area draining tank = Volume Rainwater Stored (monthly/quarterly)
2 - Select tank size for monthly/quarterly rainfall volume.
3 - If you are using drip line for irrigation, then your flowrate can be estimated based on the amount of line your using and the psi from the pump. If you are using sprinklers, the energy equation can be used, but there is probably a chart that will estimate the flowrate based on the number of sprinkler heads, pump head, and pipe material & diameter Then just multiple by the time the pump is running to get a volume of irrigation per watering cycle.
4 - Volume of rainfall stored/irrigation needs per cycle. Then set timers.
Use filters to prevent the tank from filling up with grit and sediment.
If you bury the tank, consider anti-floatation.
emergency pump cutoffs
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Last edited by BrandonWagner; 07-13-2020 at 04:01 PM.
for f'n sakes, Nazis
We’re any of the Rainwaters named Marvin? If so he was probably always looking for blue birds.
Schedule a concrete pour and set out a bucket.
Worship the LORD, not HIS creation.
"No self respecting turkey hunter would pay $5 for a call that makes a good sound when he can buy a custom call for $80 and get the same sound."-NWiles
JB,
What I failed to mention is what a very, very large coastal water system uses for its water storage (hint it is not above ground.)
It seems as though most of the coastal systems cannot keep up with summertime demand so they begin pumping and storing water at the first of the year to supplement their above-ground tanks and wells. So where is it stored? Glad you asked. It is pumped into an old underground aquifer that has long since been depleted. That's right they use a big, natural hole in the ground that used to have a natural source of water as their surplus storage. that blew my mind for many reasons; however, think about how perfect it is. First, it is natural, so the best engineer that there ever was built it and it has survived everything over the past millennium, including us. Two, the piping already existed since it was put in place to originally using that source in the first place. Third, and maybe the coolest (pun intended) is that it stays nice and cool underground unlike a water tower would be. Last, it takes up absolutely no surface acreage that is very expensive in this coastal areas, in case you have not heard.
One other consideration that we can all hope never becomes an issue is safety. The bad guys cannot climb the tower to add ___________ to our water supply. I have purposely avoided using the name of the coastal town so as not to reveal any secrets. I am sure they did not invent this practice, but I thought it was too cool not to share. MG
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