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Capturing groudn water for sprinkler dnoyeB 06-04-2008
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Posted by dnoyeB on June 4, 2008, 3:10 pm
Anyone have information on how to capture ground water for use on my
lawn. I have a small stream that flows next to my house. I also have a
sump in my basement which I calculated to pass about 24K gallons per day.
Its probably a bit less than that, but it seems sufficient to work with.

I calculated that I can water a section of my lawn with about
3600gallons. So I figure a 4000g tank should be good. Or even 2000g for
starters.


Anyone know where I should look to get started on a project like this!?


Thanks.


CL

Posted by Bob F on June 4, 2008, 4:27 pm

> Anyone have information on how to capture ground water for use on my
> lawn. I have a small stream that flows next to my house. I also have a
> sump in my basement which I calculated to pass about 24K gallons per day.
> Its probably a bit less than that, but it seems sufficient to work with.
>
> I calculated that I can water a section of my lawn with about
> 3600gallons. So I figure a 4000g tank should be good. Or even 2000g for
> starters.
>
>
> Anyone know where I should look to get started on a project like this!?

It sounds like you have a nice sandy layer carrying water below you yard. You
could consider "sand point"s, either "driven" or
http://www.bradyproducts.com/documents/wellinstallation.pdf. The Brady units are
amazingly cheap.

If you really have 1000 gallons/hour passing through your sump, a pump intake
there could supply a properly designed sprinkler system. Just make sure the
sprinkler water demand stays under the minimum water flow.

Sprinkler pumps ar easily available.







Posted by dnoyeB on June 5, 2008, 12:18 am
On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:30 -0700, Bob F wrote:

>> Anyone have information on how to capture ground water for use on my
>> lawn. I have a small stream that flows next to my house. I also have
>> a sump in my basement which I calculated to pass about 24K gallons per
>> day. Its probably a bit less than that, but it seems sufficient to work
>> with.
>>
>> I calculated that I can water a section of my lawn with about
>> 3600gallons. So I figure a 4000g tank should be good. Or even 2000g
>> for starters.
>>
>>
>> Anyone know where I should look to get started on a project like this!?
>
> It sounds like you have a nice sandy layer carrying water below you
> yard. You could consider "sand point"s, either "driven" or
> http://www.bradyproducts.com/documents/wellinstallation.pdf. The Brady
> units are amazingly cheap.
>
> If you really have 1000 gallons/hour passing through your sump, a pump
> intake there could supply a properly designed sprinkler system. Just
> make sure the sprinkler water demand stays under the minimum water flow.
>
> Sprinkler pumps ar easily available.

Thats an excellent suggestion. I still need to filter the particulates
out. It might be better to have a small 50gallon tank outside. I already
have 2 pumps in the pit, I doubt I could fit a 3rd.

Ill have to redo the piping a bit though. Probably can only run 2 heads
at once.

Posted by dnoyeB on June 5, 2008, 12:23 am
On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:30 -0700, Bob F wrote:

>> Anyone have information on how to capture ground water for use on my
>> lawn. I have a small stream that flows next to my house. I also have
>> a sump in my basement which I calculated to pass about 24K gallons per
>> day. Its probably a bit less than that, but it seems sufficient to work
>> with.
>>
>> I calculated that I can water a section of my lawn with about
>> 3600gallons. So I figure a 4000g tank should be good. Or even 2000g
>> for starters.
>>
>>
>> Anyone know where I should look to get started on a project like this!?
>
> It sounds like you have a nice sandy layer carrying water below you
> yard. You could consider "sand point"s, either "drivnks en" or
> http://www.bradyproducts.com/documents/wellinstallation.pdf. The Brady
> units are amazingly cheap.
>
> If you really have 1000 gallons/hour passing through your sump, a pump
> intake there could supply a properly designed sprinkler system. Just
> make sure the sprinkler water demand stays under the minimum water flow.
>
> Sprinkler pumps ar easily available.

Thanks for that website. It may be easier to just take water from the
stream running next to my hhouse with one of those sand thingies.


sweet!!

Posted by Bob F on June 5, 2008, 2:04 pm

> On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:30 -0700, Bob F wrote:
>
>>> Anyone have information on how to capture ground water for use on my
>>> lawn. I have a small stream that flows next to my house. I also have
>>> a sump in my basement which I calculated to pass about 24K gallons per
>>> day. Its probably a bit less than that, but it seems sufficient to work
>>> with.
>>>
>>> I calculated that I can water a section of my lawn with about
>>> 3600gallons. So I figure a 4000g tank should be good. Or even 2000g
>>> for starters.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone know where I should look to get started on a project like this!?
>>
>> It sounds like you have a nice sandy layer carrying water below you
>> yard. You could consider "sand point"s, either "drivnks en" or
>> http://www.bradyproducts.com/documents/wellinstallation.pdf. The Brady
>> units are amazingly cheap.
>>
>> If you really have 1000 gallons/hour passing through your sump, a pump
>> intake there could supply a properly designed sprinkler system. Just
>> make sure the sprinkler water demand stays under the minimum water flow.
>>
>> Sprinkler pumps ar easily available.
>
> Thanks for that website. It may be easier to just take water from the
> stream running next to my hhouse with one of those sand thingies.

If that is legit to do.



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