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Posted by Scott Townsend on August 8, 2006, 10:06 am
Okay, So I know I left quite a few things out. Let me see if I can answer
some of the Questions.
The Tank's Main purpose is to be in compliance with the Fire Safe Standards
(we are in Northern CA on 2.5 acres)
It requires me to have 2500 Gallons of Water to be used at any time for a
Hydrant hookup. So the Hydrant is connected to the bottom on the Tank to be
able to draw the full potential of the tank. The Domestic Supply is at the
2500 gallon level so I would always have at least the 2500 gallons needed
for Fire Safe Standards.
Maybe Booster Pump is the wrong term. The Pump that will pressurize the
domestic supply line.
Since we can run our well Dry by running the sprinklers for several hours,
we wanted to be able to store the water and use it from the store and just
slowly refill the tank as needed.
I work for an Industrial control and automation company and have access to
sensors and controls that will deal with the water flow, level of the tank
and filling of the Tank, etc.
So Drawing #2, not as pretty but to Scale and more functional.
http://www.enm.com/scott/fire-safe-standards.pdf
So I'd like to know where I should place the Pump and Pressure Tank for the
Domestic Supply line. Should I put it all near the Well, or should I put it
near the Storage Tank?
I'd rather put it near the Well, so I do not have to bring 240v out to the
Storage Tank.
Thanks!
>
> Scott Townsend wrote:
>> I'm working on putting in Cement pads for my Well and 5000 gal Water
>> Storage
>> Tank. The tank is about 40' away from the Well.
>>
>> I want to make sure I make the Pads big enough for the equipment. I'd
>> like
>> to just have the Tank there on its own and then have lines back to the
>> Well
>> Pad for the Feed and Supply. So at the Well Head I'd have the Pump in
>> the
>> Well, the Buster pump for the stored water, the pressure tank and all of
>> the
>> lines to the irrigation, house, etc.
>>
>> Is there any rule of thumb on how far away the booster pump and Pressure
>> tank should be from the storage tank?
>>
>> If the booster pump and Pressure tank are at the well head, they would be
>> a
>> foot or so lower in elevation then if they were at the tank itself.
>>
>> Any Suggestions or diagrams of external tank hookups would be great!
>>
>> Thank you!
>
> Your hook-up looks good.
>
> Rick has a point. Why draw from halfway up the tank?
>
> You don't discuss the pump feeding the storeage tank. You need a
> switch of some sort (float maybe) to control that pump.
>
> Your booster pump should also have a low pressure cut-off in case the
> storeage tank empties for some reason.
>
> I would mount the booster pump and tank inside the house. Save
> building a well house and makes maintenance a lot easier. Of course if
> you are someplace that doesn't have to worryi about freezing...
>
> Harry K
>
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