"dnoyeB" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:55:33 -0700, trader4 wrote:

On Jun 7, 11:11 pm, dnoyeB wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:12:15 -0700, wrote:
On Jun 7, 7:49?pm, Caesar Romano wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:05:47 -0500, dnoyeB wrote Re
Capturing groudn water for sprinkler:

Current issue is finding a 200 gallon tank of some sort. ?Im
looking at putting down a footer and getting a tall skinny tank
next to my house. ? You cant see it from the street and no windows
on that side and trees all around. ?I could do a cistern. ?Just
looking to keep it simple. ?It should pay for itself in 1 summer.

How about digging a small holding pond?

4 50 gallon plastic drums, can be connected in parell to store 200
gallons.

around here they can be bought used for 20 bucks each

where is here? where would i go to buy one?

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Once again, if it were me, I'd be looking at simply having a shallow
irrigation well drilled. With all that water around, a 30 or 40 ft
well should do it. It's not all that expensive compared to $300 bills
for lawn watering, and a whole lot simpler than mucking around with
cobbled together pumps, tanks, and who knows what, to try to use the
sump pump. Plus, it's always available and not dependent on a sump
pump always having enough water.


You think I can get 18GPM from a shallow well at the side of my house?
How many holes do you think I will need to dig? The sump and tank is sure
fire. The well concerns me. Although if I have 10GPM at 10' deep, you
think I could get more at deeper depth?

One side benefit of using the sump water is that its not running in my
backyard anymore. Reducing the swamp a bit. Admittedly this is only
while I am water the grass which is not that much.


I think I will look into the shallow well. Considering the price of the
tank, winterizing it, and a concrete pad capable of holding 2500lbs or so
the well is looking good even if I have to dig a few...


Look at the brady installation pdf I pointed at before. If your soil isn't rocky
enough to bother it, the process is really simple, and the points are $10 - $20
each. You wouldn't have to put them right next to the house, and you could
combine that water with the sump water if needed.

An unwanted cheap backyard swimming pool can make a usable tank if you choose to
go that way. An old spa probably would hold 250 or so gallons.

But it would probably be cheapest to just segmant your sprinkler system into
smaller zones, and use the sump water.