Water Tower

DAVE1952 · Sep 21, 2021

God Bless Texas said: ↑

For us "simple coyntry folk" there's not much choice. There isn't any muni water out here and I ain't gonna hand pump my daily baths nor use a dipper for flushing the toilet (I prefer showers).

Senjenbing hit a few points..nice work

Other reasons: knowing that I have a 5-7 day supply of water at any given time so if the power goes out for 3 or 4 days like earlier this year, is comforting that the major change in our daily routine was not watching tv. Dogs still got to cool off when we turned the hose on. Same goes if a big storm comes we will not be in line waiting on a truck to fill buckets and bottles.
That said, the water out here is CLEAN, but the test was a few years ago and I dont trust anyone upstream.

No need to start the generator during Norcco 12 hour off times.

The tower also allows for LONG hoses to be used in the garden, or mixing cement, or whatever other reason there is for water without using the preasure pump.

The tower doesn't need to be ugly, we have hybiscus using it as a guide , it is turning into a living wall.
Around the base we have smaller potted plants.

The tower alows for additional illumination, we have an electric street light, 2 solar lights, and 4 CCTV cameras providing added security to that section of property.

The tower allows us to have multiple houses without drilling multiple boarholes, each house on property has its own underground line, just need to add a "T" connector.

During times of drought (2019) when other wells were dry or needed time to have water seap unto and refill the water table/ resevoir, we were able to keep building our house.

Having a good supply of water on hand means the preasure pump is not working as often or as hard, thus it will not burn out as quickly. My neighbor has replaced the motor on his pump a few times already, he does't have a tower.

For cleaning, our blue tank (not shinny) hasn't had any buildup yet (3rd year) when it does I will get a skinny guy to go in there and clean it, or I will add 250ml of bleach and fluch out all the pipes.

Unlike the baranguy and city water lines I know mine are polypipe, no need to concern myself with rusting pipes or cracking PVC that are being replaced, making things more difficult in town (shrimp, talapia, and laundry services are all having problems in addition to the redùced preasure).

The water from the tower is not for drinking, and we would not drink tap/city water even if it was available (no ice in my Mcdonalds coke).

I know I started this post about building a new one, and out here I wouldn't want to not have it.

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Ok Sir, Thank You, I now understand your necessity to have one, you did explain your need for this very well.

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