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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
"...What's worked for me for 16 years of year round use, winter, spring, summer, fall, is a 1/2hp-110v shallow well pump & 30 gal, vertical tank located in the kitchen, next to the refrigerator. It draws from a 125' x 1 1/4" poly vinyl butyl, black flexible hose feeding from a depth of five feet in the lake with a foot valve at the lower end..."
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I have a similar layout, with the following differences:
1) Against the clumps of algae that have been clogging foot valves during the last two decades, I added
a pair of foot valves at the intake. (So that
one would hopefully operate while the other was clogged). So far, so good.
2) The intake has been taken out to 15' depth, and stands above the bottom about 30". That also has worked well; however, one unforeseen problem with a long intake hose is that the anchors from rafters can move or damage that equipment.
3) No heater, as the place is seasonal. The 1" intake hose has an ordinary hose "bib" mounted below the lake level. The hose bib is opened during winter, so that the water level inside the hose adjusts automatically at whatever lake level exists
during the winter.
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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
"...it has no filter, no reverse osmosis, no chlorine.....just lake water...and I'm healthy as a horse...and just as smart..."
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There is some evidence that drinking lake water directly is beneficial.
Scientists who study the "Hormesis" philosophy say that ingesting natural amounts of bacteria will help build an impressive defense against disease.
According to recent issues of
Science News magazine, the human body already has an impressive sub-cellular array of biological countermeasures to disease.
Although I distill this camp's drinking water,
hormesis has science going for it—
and your horse-sense!
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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
"...Excuse me while I pat myself on the back....pat..pat..pat...I am the greatest unlicensed plumber in the history of the world...or at least since they invented water  ! |
I think what
everyone misses with their pumping of lakewater is the ability to increase household water pressure.
Even with a 30' height above the lake, I've installed a very large showerhead and could discard the restrictor that some communities require be installed to assist in minimizing pressure (and expense) for their municipality water supplies. The result has been impressive.
I haven't
quite installed the "needle-shower" on exhibit at Castle in the Clouds, but it's next on the list!