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Default Capturing groudn water for sprinkler


"dnoyeB" wrote in message
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I recalculated based on volume of water displaced. Still an estimate. My
new value is 14,230 gallons per day. So you were correct in this. This
number is more accurate.


That's still a lot of water, if it is during the dry months. I would suggest a
sprinkler pump with the pickup in the sump. Limit the number of heads on each
zone to keep the water needs less than the sump flow. Use a pressure tank and
switch to control the pump so that it shuts off when the pressure gets high,
unless the flow needed is near what the pump can provide. The sump pumps
probably do not provide enough pressure to run sprinklers properly.