"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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On 6/28/2014 2:05 AM, Edward Reid wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:18:56 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

How far from the muni water, and practical to tie in?

Note that it's not just the distance, it's the height. Danny is
talking about 5 miles at 9% grade. Maybe the 5 miles isn't all on the
grade, but it sounds like his 'hood may be 2000' above that closest
muni water. It takes 1000 psi to raise water 2000'. Therefore it would
not just be a matter of running pipe, it would also require new pumps
-- either pipe to handle 1000 psi and a very hefty pump, or normal
pipe and several stages of pumps.

Edward

I'd not considered the altitude question. That
does cause all kinds of problems, trying to get
up hill.

Ideally if each HO brought home 10 gal of water
with each trip to town. But, back to my experience
with the family with bad well water. Few people
have that mental capacity, even when she goes out
and puts the jugs on their car seats.

the only guy I knew who actually had to do this had a water tank in his
pickup truck, not too large, and filled it up at work. No mileage costs. I
assume he paid back his employer, or maybe the employer suggested it as a
low cost fringe benefit.