What if instead of building the cistern next to my house, I trench out the
stream at the bottom of the hill about 20' away where the sump water
currently goes. I can dig it down perhaps 3' would be safest. And I can
streach it wide to make a sort of catchment area. I can easily drop a PVC
pipe into that with a filter on it.

I have 2 concerns with this though.

1 How frequently will I have to re-dig it.
2. It flows, but not very strongly until my sump kicks on every 10
minutes. Is this enough to deter mosquities?


What do you think? Sees much easier than the concrete cistern.