Water reservoir

dungfly

I want to tap a spring and pump water into a storage container on higher ground. I was thinking of burying an IBC at the spring containing a submersible water pump. The water reservoir could be an old stainless steel milk truck? Any ideas / suggestions?

delaval

dungfly wrote: »

I want to tap a spring and pump water into a storage container on higher ground. I was thinking of burying an IBC at the spring containing a submersible water pump. The water reservoir could be an old stainless steel milk truck? Any ideas / suggestions?

I presume tank on hill would release water by gravity?
This should work if demand is not too high.
Could you bury 1m liner or IBC and fit shallow will pump and tap directly into network.

bbam

I think it would be best sink a well liner.
If You wanted to clear silt in a few years the ibc wouldn't be too robust.

stanflt

an old stainless milk truck has a scrap value of 5000euro- best of luck getting one

dungfly

delaval wrote: »

Could you bury 1m liner or IBC and fit shallow will pump and tap directly into network.

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delaval

dungfly wrote: »

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Dungfly

What I mean is that if you have power at the spring to run a sub pump, why not bury a liner or 2 that will fill and put on a shallow well pump. Then connect into you water network on the farm

dungfly

delaval wrote: »

Dungfly

What I mean is that if you have power at the spring to run a sub pump, why not bury a liner or 2 that will fill and put on a shallow well pump. Then connect into you water network on the farm

Great minds think alike! What I had planned was to create a shallow well; by sinking a number of very wide corri pipes in a circle within close proximity. Lower a small submersible (aldi pump 30 quid). Therefore my shallow well is also my reservoir. This negates the need for an expensive large reservoir of SS. Any advice regards this proposal? How do I connect the multiple corri pipes at bottom, or is there no need (presuming the water could permeate the soil at such depth, it being an acquifier and all)?

PS I have decided not to tap the spring as it is at wrong side of farm, no electricity and requirement to pump up large hill. Plus would still need to sort out a reservoir.

How big (diameter & length) corries are available. What kind of cost?

Farmer

dungfly wrote: »

........Lower a small submersible (aldi pump 30 quid........

Aren't the ALDI ones float switch controlled, i.e. it will keep pumping until the liner is empty. Surely you need, as deval suggested, a shallow well pump that will only cut in when you open a tap/drinker

Loads of theory on t'internet

from home
http://www.igi.ie/assets/files/Water%20Well%20Guidelines/Guidelines.pdf

and away
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@ene/@resources/documents/resource/std01_076334.pdf

What are you thinking?...going down the length of the pipe (6m) with an excavator?

P.S Don't fall down the pipe and also make sure nobody else can

dungfly

Farmer wrote: »

Aren't the ALDI ones float switch controlled, i.e. it will keep pumping until the liner is empty. Surely you need, as deval suggested, a shallow well pump that will only cut in when you open a tap/drinker

Loads of theory on t'internet

from home
http://www.igi.ie/assets/files/Water%20Well%20Guidelines/Guidelines.pdf

and away
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@ene/@resources/documents/resource/std01_076334.pdf

What are you thinking?...going down the length of the pipe (6m) with an excavator?


Farmer great links thanks. The plan is evolving as I learn more. I plan to excavate a large hole using track machine. Once I reach bedrock I may bore several bores of a relatively shallow depth in a circular pattern as I don't want to reach iron containing water down deep. The bores through the bedrock will provide its own casing (I hope!) above this I will insert several corri pipes leading to the surface. I may link the pipes using smaller pipes so that the are all filled with water to the same level. Submersible pump dropped down middle corri pipe. I plan on making a screen using washed gravel or the likes...I have access to pencil stone but seeing that its clay derived I think it may provide more problems with particulates. I may use pencil as an outer boundary screen. Plan is to safely seal top corri pipes from kids etc. Any advice?

49801

Before you carry out your plan have you costed sinking a proper well compared to this?

dungfly

49801 wrote: »

Before you carry out your plan have you costed sinking a proper well compared to this?

Is not necessarily the cost that is propelling me towards the DIY route; its the fact that I live in a high iron area where deep wells are subject to high iron levels. Drillers charge by the foot and want to drill deep wells to justify their equipment. I want to excavate a shallow well and then drill multiple shallow bores into the bedrock. I was recommended this route by someone in "da business"

dungfly

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milkprofit

i did something similar 30 yrs ago Free water never goes dry only a trickle now in wet time supplies 70 % of demand
i brought spring true a filter of stone covered over with clay --no vermin or animal contamination
Sunk septic tank concrete 8 ft by 6 by 3 ft (new ) with man hole cover below spring thus filled by gravity and can be cleaned easily
then water flows by gravity to 70% of farm u could place pump in this tank or bigger concrete pre cast