water advice please

[tupmaster]

At the back of our steading we have some fields with no water because sepa want us to fence off the watering holes
I am planning pumping water 1000meters and up 80 meters from a well that currently supplies the steading
can a water system be pressurised to serve both the steading and water toughs up the hill or would it be advisable to install a tank on the hill with a graverty return to the steading
i know a tank will provide limited water if we have a power cut, (ive got a back up genny) but Im concerned about the tank freezing in winter, its noticablely colder up there.
which would be the best option or are there any other ideas out there

TIA

 

[e3120]

If you mean an 80m vertical rise, that'd need 8 bar + some to overcome pipe friction + whatever pressure you need when you get there. That's a lot of pressure around the steading (my pump cuts out at 5, and the supply to cottages is limited to 3 after various hassles). Don't even know if a single pump would do it, depending how deep the source is.

 

[Sharpy]

Could you put the pump at the source to gain some height?
But would it not be better to pipe water downhill from the watering holes source to some troughs?

 

[tupmaster]

thanks but the well at the steading is 8 meters deep and never run dry and has single phase electric already in place driving a smaller pump- currently supplying a tank on a lower hill
the watering holes we fenced off are at the lowest point of the field

 

[defender]

Have the main pipe from the pump going up to the troughs on the hill and tee everything else off it and fit a pressure reducing valve on the feed to the steading
Or you could fit a tank at the steading and use a booster pump with a press he switch to feed the troughs
80 metres should be no problem for a good pump . Variable pressure pump is the way to go

 

[Sharpy]

thanks but the well at the steading is 8 meters deep and never run dry and has single phase electric already in place driving a smaller pump- currently supplying a tank on a lower hill
the watering holes we fenced off are at the lowest point of the field

Ram pump at water holes maybe an option?

 

[PuG]

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[Exfarmer]

As others say you will need a good booster pump to push it up the hill. But they are available.
dont stint on your pipesize as that just gives the pump extra to do.

 

[Lazy Sod]

I don't know what they're called but you used to be able to get cattle operated pumps that were placed just over the fence from the water source. I don't know if sheep can work them.

 

[dannewhouse]

Pump up the hill to a header tank that's under ground to overcome frost? I have seen a farm with more header than that, expensive pumps mind.
You want an electric switch controlling the water height in header tank, turning pump on and off. And an open pipe running into header. Could do with a light or something telling you when pump is on just to keep an eye that you done get a leak or sumat daft