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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "VAN DELL JORDAN" <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
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>  > Does anyone have a system with an above ground tank so
>  > that you will have some water pressure by gravity?
>  > Has anyone researched / considered that?
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Our water is the greatest thing about our property here. Our water source is 
2 springs, the main one being 300' higher than the house on the mountain 
behind us. The other is about 200' higher than the house. We have the lower 
one piped over to my parent's camper and the higher one piped down to our 
house. Mom and Dad have a 500 gallon storage tank and we have a 1500 gallon 
storage tank, which stays overflowing during winter and spring and about half 
full during the dry months. We have to conserve during the dry months, but 
it's very manageable for a family of 5 and we've never run out of water 
unless someone leaves the hose on outside. As for pressure, it's ~90 lbs at 
the house, so we have a step-down regulator at the point where it enters the 
house. We have a faucet before the regulator so we can use it like a pressure 
washer, but it will pop regular hoses if you leave it on with the nozzle shut 
off. 

There's a third spring on the mountain as well that our neighbor's have piped 
over to their house about 1/2 mile away and they have decent water pressure, 
too. 

If the power goes out, at least we will still have indoor plumbing. We have 
to leave a drip running and I have heat tape on the exposed pipes during hard 
freezes. Thank goodness the water is plentiful during cold weather, so I 
don't have to worry about the drip running the tank dry.

Roxann, NW AR
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