EASY DIY NATURAL SPRING development for UNLIMITED water at a off-grid CABIN-and how to store it too!
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- #homestead #rurallife #springwater #farm #homesteading #homesteadadvice
Getting free, drinkable, usable water is something most people dream of. But many people have springs on their property, which can be used to collect water. So, in this episode, we show you how we developed a spring on our property to collect the water, and the really neat way we’re storing it.
Its worked GREAT for us and it can work great for you, too!!!!! Watch to see how AMAZING it turned out!!!!!
**UPDATE: OUR NATURAL SPRING-1 YEAR LATER!**
• Our Developed Spring 1...
Here’s an update to this video-one year later!!!!!
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Am not sure where you are - probably somewhere warm, but I'd add insulation on top of the dam - probably 2" rigid on top and sides before adding the poly and leaves. This would help stop it from freezing in the winter. I would have also run irrigation tubing down from the dam to the IBC and enclosed that as well.
But great information for the dam and how to build.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Awesome video. I wish you would have used stainless steel, or something other than PVC, as I’m told that PVC can leach chemicals.
Thanks! Yeahhh watch the update as the piping to the tank didn’t work out so well :( it’s still running out of the pipe (pvc) but not thru that whole system. Check out the updated video! We’re gonna develop another spring here soon. Thanks for watching!
Your pipe and tank installation show a small lack of consideration for freezing and flooding. Your long pipes will need to be buried to prevent freezing, as will the 275 gallon tank. Your spring box will need access eventually to allow clean out of trash, roots, salamanders and other debris that will collect in the bottom from the spring ground water. During heavy spring rains, your spring flow rate could increase by 1000%, so your overflow and other pipes may be flooded with dirty water.
Good comment and suggestions! You are 1000% correct. I’ll do a video on how things fared over the winter. The spring is still there but not sure how the pipes did. I plan on doing some modifications on this when I get a second. We appreciate everyone who watches and takes the time to comment! As always thanks for watching and being apart of the community!
Looks great! How about an update on this system please.
Will do! I haven’t been down there but maybe this week or next I’ll get down there and show you all. Thanks for watching, as always!
Fascinating! Where is this at? Any tips on how to buy a property with a spring?
This is at an undisclosed location ;) we’ll do more videos on our springs soon! Springs aren’t hard to come by, lots of properties have them. Look for areas with lots of rocks and varied terrain. I think that properties with springs (and thus free water) are super valuable! Thanks for watching, as always!
So cool!
Thanks!!!!!!!!
Looks great. I have Landon Kentucky and found some holes in the ground and… Behold, I could hear water running underneath. Going to find a way to tap into it like what you did.
It’s a great feeling knowing you have free drinkable water! Do all you can to try to collect it, because you never know! Thanks for watching my friend and good luck!
Why not use stone like the old time spring house?
Definitely a good idea! We have another spring we’re going to develop soon, we’ll make a video on that also. And That’s what we’ll do!
Great job! How many gallons/minute?
It depends on the time of year…spring time it’s a few gallons a minute but it does slow in the summer to maybe a gallon a minute. Thanks for watching!!!! I’ll have an update on it soon.