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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?

Lynda wrote:
> That's what most of the houses on this road have.  Some have the big 
> green/black plastic looking tanks and some have the cement things that look 
> like septic tanks.  All use gravity feed to their houses.
>
> We're one of the few that has a regular well and pump.  Of course, most 
> folks are amazed at the set-up here because our well is 1,000 feet from the 
> house AND between 100 and 200 feet (don't feel like doing the math <g>) 
> lower in elevation than the house.  Not a whole lot of pressure but as good 
> as the other folks are getting with the gravity feeds.
>
> We're looking at putting a cement tank or two on the top 3 acres across the 
> road.  There hasn't been much rain around here in about 3 years and we 
> haven't seen any to speak of so far this year AND no snow!  If it keeps 
> looking dry then we'll pump water up in the winter to fill the tanks so 
> we'll have water later in the year.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VAN DELL JORDAN" <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
>
>
> > 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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