Brettski said:
O-S, is this a kit or did you fab. it yourself? What is the cash out-lay, m/l? Lastly, and I gotta ask, why would you pass on sinkin' a well? Cost? Groundwater quality?
Where I live the water table has quantity and quality problems. I live in a house I built in 1980, sold, and repurchased. In 1980 we started with a well about 40' deep - it went dry with use. We punched another hole at about 75' and the volume dropped off and the water had sulpher and salt in it. Thus the first pond - 1/4 acre.
My area has lots of homes with water issues so the local water guys put in a lot of systems like mine. I did not put it in, I hired a "water professional". I am guessing because I don't remember (missing brain cells) but I would think the 2 tanks, chlorinator injection pump, greeensand filter, etc. probably has an installed cost of $2-4K.
Some people that visit think it's wierd to use pond water for domestic use. Most of them live in the city where the water comes out of Lake Erie. Go figure.
