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<blockquote data-quote="slackjawedyokel" data-source="post: 3799648" data-attributes="member: 34254"><p>Our water source (a spring) is several hundred metres away from, and much lower than, the farm buildings which are at the highest point on the farm.</p><p>From the spring, the water runs under gravity down ~300m of 110mm pipe (drainpipe) to a pump house where it's pumped up the hill to a holding tank. From there it's distributed everywhere on the farm by gravity.</p><p>This works well; main difficulty is the cattle troughs in the sheds take an age to fill (being not much lower than the tank), but it does work ok. I wouldn't like to put a pressure pump on pipes to troughs as one or another will always be dribbling and the pump would be on constantly and would wear out.</p><p></p><p>If you can find a good water source above where you need it (i.e. Above the level of any field troughs you'd want to supply), I'd put a big tank there and dig a trench back to your yard. Run an armoured cable out to your borehole and a pipe back to your yard/buildings. You'd use a float switch in the tank to switch the borehole pump on and off so it's all auto and maintenance free (we have a second switch linked to a strobe light which is activated if the water level drops below normal levels).</p><p>Float switches:</p><p><a href="http://www.georgelancaster.co.uk/portfolio_page/remex-type-p/" target="_blank">http://www.georgelancaster.co.uk/portfolio_page/remex-type-p/</a></p><p></p><p>Bit of an investment but it will be worth it for the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slackjawedyokel, post: 3799648, member: 34254"] Our water source (a spring) is several hundred metres away from, and much lower than, the farm buildings which are at the highest point on the farm. From the spring, the water runs under gravity down ~300m of 110mm pipe (drainpipe) to a pump house where it's pumped up the hill to a holding tank. From there it's distributed everywhere on the farm by gravity. This works well; main difficulty is the cattle troughs in the sheds take an age to fill (being not much lower than the tank), but it does work ok. I wouldn't like to put a pressure pump on pipes to troughs as one or another will always be dribbling and the pump would be on constantly and would wear out. If you can find a good water source above where you need it (i.e. Above the level of any field troughs you'd want to supply), I'd put a big tank there and dig a trench back to your yard. Run an armoured cable out to your borehole and a pipe back to your yard/buildings. You'd use a float switch in the tank to switch the borehole pump on and off so it's all auto and maintenance free (we have a second switch linked to a strobe light which is activated if the water level drops below normal levels). Float switches: [URL]http://www.georgelancaster.co.uk/portfolio_page/remex-type-p/[/URL] Bit of an investment but it will be worth it for the future. [/QUOTE]
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