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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Water
  • Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:13:16 -0800

I'm going to have to go down there and take a look. Just looks like a plain old above ground pump to me with a plain old pressure tank that's about 3 or 3.5 feet tall. The pressure tank needs to be replaced (the bladder is shot) but they cost a bucket out here.

O.K., so I asked DH what the pump is. It's a Berkley or Berkeley? Not sure of the spelling and I don't know the size or anything else about it.

And, the pump is as old as the house which would make it over 25 years old.

I'm thinking they don't make them like that anymore <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


That brings up a question for me, as one who is considering a new well.
Lynda's is 1000 feet from the house, so she must have a super pump. I
am thinking of putting the new well possibly 125 yards away, elevation
change of perhaps -5 feet to the house. If we ever did build our dream
house in the back pasture, the new well would be about 150 yards from it
and maybe 10 ft downhill from it. Deep wells around here are around 400
ft deep. What kind of pump/pressure tank would that require?
How far is your well/spring/cistern from your home?





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