Johhny
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Backstory: I just bought some property with a well on it and had to replace the old pump/pipe. They put in a 1/2 horsepower submersible pump about 180 feet down and the water table is about 130 feet. We ran the thing for over and hour and a half without it running dry (yay!). It filled up a 5 gallon jug in about a minute.
Question: I may not visit the property for a month at a time, but I want to put in a system for possibly supporting a small 1 bathroom house one day, and at the very least be able to use it to drip water plants while I'm gone and take showers/drinking water when I'm there. Could you guys point me to any plans for a recommended system?
This place is off the grid, and I know nothing about these things, but I have been thinking about these options:
A) Pump the water an additional 40 feet up using the submersible pump, and use a tank and gravity fed system for pressure
B) Use a smaller pressurized water tank next to the well (is pumping into a pressurized tank possible with my pump and is it hard on it? )
C) Use a tank by the well and some sort of generator/Solar and battery system along with a pump to get water pressure as needed
I'm pretty lost so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much!
Question: I may not visit the property for a month at a time, but I want to put in a system for possibly supporting a small 1 bathroom house one day, and at the very least be able to use it to drip water plants while I'm gone and take showers/drinking water when I'm there. Could you guys point me to any plans for a recommended system?
This place is off the grid, and I know nothing about these things, but I have been thinking about these options:
A) Pump the water an additional 40 feet up using the submersible pump, and use a tank and gravity fed system for pressure
B) Use a smaller pressurized water tank next to the well (is pumping into a pressurized tank possible with my pump and is it hard on it? )
C) Use a tank by the well and some sort of generator/Solar and battery system along with a pump to get water pressure as needed
I'm pretty lost so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much!