permaculture

["Jim Sealy Jr" <jimsealyjr@who.net>]

I haven't priced them, but am curious how prefab ferro-cement culvert pipe
would compare in cost. 6 foot diameter doesn't seem uncommon around here.
(N.MS.,USA) and I'm considering what to build both a large cistern (or
several small) and fish tanks for my new aquaponic greenhouse system and no
till truck farm.
Wells here are running about $2000.00, but I have a couple natural springs
that though slow in summer should work fine if I built a suitable holding
tank arrangement.
Jim Sealy Jr.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Rowe <jackrowe@compuserve.com>
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 5:24 PM
Subject: ferro-cement cisterns


In Texas, we purchased materials for two 6,000+ gallon ferro-cement cistern
for under $700 per tank (labor was provided with workshop participants).
The walls were about 2-1/2 inches thick, and both Mollison and Alan Savory
assured me they were being built thinner in Australia and South Africa.
<Big Snip>

Jack Rowe