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I m trying to find out about the care and feeding of a cistern.
Its
about 15 ft across and looks like it was suppose to be about 3
ft
deep, guessing 2000 gal.. There is a 3 inch pipe flush with the
bottom and I assume this was for draining it and two other
pipes ,one
about a third of the way from the bottom and the other about a
third
the way from the top. I figure one is the gozinta pipe and the
other
is the gozouta pipe but dont know which is which. I know it was
built
in 1974 and used for about 10 years before the owner decided to
try
other ways to treat his well water. Water is fairly alkaline
ph8.5
has a lot of calcium iron and sulphurand sediment. I know the
cistern
was used for aeration, chlorination and ph adjustment.
Chemicals were
added to the cistern daily for this. The owner got tired of the
daily
regime and started trying various filters, auto chlorinators
and
maybe RO but the water was never as good as when he used the
cistern.
Any ifo on using the cistern would be greatly appreciated.

A reliable, "good" cistern is fairly expensive to run these days.
You can't have the old open types that used to exist. Where is
it getting its water from? JUST the well, or other place, too,
like roof water? IMportant ot check.

I"d opt for a good water treatment system if it's that important
to you. That would be either upgrading the cistern (not a big
business anymore, IMO) or installing the right more modern
equipment.

As I understand it, anyway - I'm no expert by any means.

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