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MikeJB
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# Posted: 16 Dec 2021 14:24
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https://youtu.be/sOAVven_vZI
This YouTube video documents the process I used to develop a spring water supply for our off grid property.
It may not look like much but the spring supplies 720 gallons of water per day...year round. It is gravity fed. No need for pumps of any kind.
275 Gallon Storage Tank
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 16 Dec 2021 20:32
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Awesome Video. I have a seasonal spring coming out of the mountain in West Virginia. (Hi SRollins) So I need to collect in April/May/June and have it last through the summer. 2-3000 gal tank.
The water comes out from under a rock the size of a car. I was thinking of drilling out under the rock, sand and gravel, and jamming in a copper pipe with a soldered water hose fitting. But I did not know how I would hold it in place. Hydraulic Cement! Thanks Mike!!! Dave.
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MikeJB
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# Posted: 16 Dec 2021 22:06
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Quoting: DaveBell Thanks Mike!!!
My pleasure...
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Brettny
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# Posted: 17 Dec 2021 05:07
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A gravity feed spring would be awesome. Ours is down hill so 1-2x a year I pump directly from our spring box up our hill to a 275gal water tank. Its seasonal too, dosnt run in the heat of the summer.
I used a pickle barrel for a spring box. The vertical pipe is the overflow, the one with the holes goes to a .5hp jet pump. In this pic it's running about 6gpm.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 17 Dec 2021 07:56
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Very slick setup....Nicely done..
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MikeJB
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# Posted: 17 Dec 2021 08:35
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Quoting: Brettny .5hp jet pump
Do you run your jet pump with a generator.
I may need a set up like yours on a different area of our property.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 17 Dec 2021 09:44
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Yes I run my jet pump off a generator. I got the 120v version and it was about $100 on home depot. 35min of generator run time gives me 275gal of water. It runs 65ft vertically through 300-400ft of 1in black poly.
The trick to trouble free jet pump starting is make the jet pump be below the incoming water level. In my case its elevation is just below the water level of the spring box. Originally I had the pump sucking from a stream and 100ft of black poly. Took 45min to prime the thing even with a foot valve. No foot valve and no priming needed now.
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MikeJB
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# Posted: 17 Dec 2021 12:07
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Quoting: Brettny It runs 65ft vertically through 300-400ft of 1in black poly.
Great information....thank you!
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moneypitfeeder
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# Posted: 18 Dec 2021 22:12
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Great setup! What is your climate zone (if you don't mind me asking) and do you dismantle any of it during the winter? We are in a cold winter climate so everything we have done is super temporary and taken down every trip.
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MikeJB
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2021 07:27
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Quoting: moneypitfeeder do you dismantle any of it during the winter?
We are in Zone 6A. It does get into the teens. When we are on-site and expect a hard freeze or when we leave the property for any length of time, I close a brass ball valve located at the outlet on the storage tank and open the spigot at the other end of the poly pipe which empties the tubing.
The tank will not freeze...too much water plus there is a constant flow of water through the spring box and storage tank....keeping the water in the tank moving and above freezing. There is an overflow outlet on the tank that returns unused water to the creek.
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