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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

River water, ughhh.  Although after Hurricane Andrew, we resorted to bathing 
in the local canal - that is until we saw dead cows and other animals that 
had been blowing into the canals floating by.......

Our well wasn't dry, and after we got a generator we were able to get water 
up, which we treated the drinking portion with a few drops of chlorine for 
the first few weeks just in case there was any kind of groundwater problem 
with the storm surge.  We stopped though and didn't get sick.

Is it possible a neighbor with a good well would let you pull water up and 
accept payment in terms of kilowatts used on the meter from begin to end 
pumping.. and then multiplied times the kW rate on the bill?

.50 a gallon is outrageous....

500gal x .50 = $250......... I know I was pulling up a lot more in terms of 
gallong than that per DAY during the hottest part of the summer and my impact 
on the electric bill per MONTH was way way less than that !





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From: Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net>
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] [BULK] Re: Farm Update

We were thinking about getting a small tank for the back of our small 
farm truck and hauling water to the larger tank from friends. We don't 
have a trailer. We can buy it from the municipality north of us but it's 
.50/gal ouch! Even hitting up a variety of friends I fear we will wear 
out our welcome. Supposedly, the river authority is 'looking the other 
way' when households without water draw from the river without a permit. 
But that water is pretty skanky, full of bacteria, dead organisms, etc, 
and as more of us lose our wells I fear it's becoming a detriment to the 
ecology.

If you do get a chance to ask them, also see what they are paying per 
gallon if they are being charged for it. I'm curious as to going rates.

Leslie wrote:
> What I've seen out here is people have large plastic tanks on a trailer.  
> Looks like they drive somewhere to get water and then haul it back.  >From 
> where?  Don't know.  If I spot the neighbor I'll ask, as I heard before 
> they put a well in that is what they did.
>  
>  
> Anyone out there having water delivered in lieu of a well?
>
> --Sage
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My feelings exactly. Plus I heard two of the three municipal wells have
gone dry. So even at that exorbitant price it's becoming a scarce local
commodity.

Our neighbor is generously giving us free sulfurous water from a hose
passed through our fence (we are giving them free eggs), as that's about
the only well in our immediate community that's functioning. But it's
proving too harsh on our skin and hair after two months. I smell worse
after showering than before! We can continue to use it on our reduced
size fall garden, and buy drinking water, but bathing is the main issue.
So rain seems like the best option at this point, especially since we
are finally getting some.

Leslie wrote:
> River water, ughhh.  Although after Hurricane Andrew, we resorted to 
> bathing in the local canal - that is until we saw dead cows and other 
> animals that had been blowing into the canals floating by.......
>
> Our well wasn't dry, and after we got a generator we were able to get water 
> up, which we treated the drinking portion with a few drops of chlorine for 
> the first few weeks just in case there was any kind of groundwater problem 
> with the storm surge.  We stopped though and didn't get sick.
>
> Is it possible a neighbor with a good well would let you pull water up and 
> accept payment in terms of kilowatts used on the meter from begin to end 
> pumping.. and then multiplied times the kW rate on the bill?
>
> .50 a gallon is outrageous....
>
> 500gal x .50 = $250......... I know I was pulling up a lot more in terms of 
> gallong than that per DAY during the hottest part of the summer and my 
> impact on the electric bill per MONTH was way way less than that !
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net>
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 1:25:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] [BULK] Re: Farm Update
>
> We were thinking about getting a small tank for the back of our small
> farm truck and hauling water to the larger tank from friends. We don't
> have a trailer. We can buy it from the municipality north of us but it's
> .50/gal ouch! Even hitting up a variety of friends I fear we will wear
> out our welcome. Supposedly, the river authority is 'looking the other
> way' when households without water draw from the river without a permit.
> But that water is pretty skanky, full of bacteria, dead organisms, etc,
> and as more of us lose our wells I fear it's becoming a detriment to the
> ecology.
>
> If you do get a chance to ask them, also see what they are paying per
> gallon if they are being charged for it. I'm curious as to going rates.
>
> Leslie wrote:
>
>> What I've seen out here is people have large plastic tanks on a trailer.  
>> Looks like they drive somewhere to get water and then haul it back.  >From 
>> where?  Don't know.  If I spot the neighbor I'll ask, as I heard before 
>> they put a well in that is what they did.
>>
>>
>> Anyone out there having water delivered in lieu of a well?
>>
>> --Sage
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Sage Austin | Eureka! Design eureka@hctc..net
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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