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Equipment To Siphon Water For Garden From Adjoining Stream?
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Hi, has anyone a bright idea about how our women's group can easily take water from an adjoining stream for use in the garden. We have already got a water butt for another area, but the stream is quite deep and inaccessible, though it runs along the garden. The water is fairly deep. It seems a shame not to be able to use it, when it's free and beside where it's needed. Is there a cheap piece of apparatus (that I can source online or in hardware shop) to siphon the water up and fill watering cans or butts. Labour saving and cost saving in the long term, ideas appreciated. The current alternative is lugging water from the village school in buckets, and we're too old for all this!!! Thanks.
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there is also a device called a water ram pump which will pump water uphill and relies on the water pressure of the stream (no electric needed) don't know where you'd get one but maybe someone in your group could make one. they are shown on you tube (water ram pump)
20:03 Tue 29th Apr 2014
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You can safely ignore the worries above, regarding abstracting water from the stream, unless you've got a really massive garden!
The Environment Agency only requires a licence to be issued if you're taking more than 20 cubic metres per day. Given that amount equates to around 4,400 gallons, you should be OK unless you're planning on installing an Olympic-sized swimming pool!
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The Environment Agency only requires a licence to be issued if you're taking more than 20 cubic metres per day. Given that amount equates to around 4,400 gallons, you should be OK unless you're planning on installing an Olympic-sized swimming pool!
;-)
balliali, you can get solar powered pumps that aren't expensive. The critical factor is how high it has to pump. As solar pumps are not very powerful and will only produce a trickle on a sunny day the best way would be to have the pump pumping to a reservoir placed so that the height of the water above the stream is as low as practical. You can find out from the suppliers how high they can pump and just pick one that is capable of filling the reservoir.
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something like this should do the trick but check how much water you need per day because you can probably get a smaller and hence cheaper one that will do the job
something like this should do the trick but check how much water you need per day because you can probably get a smaller and hence cheaper one that will do the job
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