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  • From: Eastex Farms <eastexfarms AT direcway.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Filtering Surface Water for drip tape
  • Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:15:52 -0500

I think beeFarmer has the right answer. Sand filters would work but as you
said are costly. On the other hand what is your crop worth. We use sand
filters with water from a pond. The filter we use is a swimming pool filter
with back flush. works good up to our 60 gallon per. min. TexasBill
----- Original Message -----
From: "TxBeeFarmer" <TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Filtering Surface Water for drip tape


> Depending on your answer to TexasBill, I'd think a settling pond or tank
> with baffles would go a long way to solve your problem. Prefilters will
> also cut down on the frequency of changing the finer filters. Prefilters
> can be as simple as pumping the water through several inches of fiberglass
> insulation with hardware cloth on both ends to hold it in place.
>
> (West Texas) Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > Allan, how much water are you pumping? Gallons per. minute? TexasBill
>
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