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Originally Posted by CaptT820
This may be a dumb question, but why don't folks use a hydrant style connection from the house to where the water line goes into the ground and then bury the waterline 4-feet down (minimum) to the lake? If this was done, all you have to do is shut the tap off when you leave and it takes care of itself. We have a camp we just acquired last fall and the waterline is right at the ground surface with no effort to bury it. I don't really understand this. It cuts your season down by at least two months worrying about the waterline freezing up.
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One of the issues you find on Winni islands is that there are a lot of boulders between the surface and 4 feet down. No hand digging here. My run is +/- 75 ft and the cost to get equipment to the island to do the excavation, backfill, and move/dispose of the boulders would be huge.
If/when my pump fails I might give it a serious look only because the idea of putting a deep well pump at the end of my dock (+/- 20ft) and getting rid of the priming issue is intriguing to me.