[TheForge] Re: Fire Hydrant

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Mon Jan 22 09:14:57 EST 2007



LrdThorolf at aol.com wrote:
> Since you are so far from the road. Put in your own fire hydrant You do  have 
> a water main running along the main road, right? 

	No Ike.  When I say this is in the middle of nowhere, think of the 
stretches of desert north of Cave Creek and around Black Canyon City, 
etc.  That's similar to the kind of nowhere I mean, though not quite as 
vast.  Everyone is on well or spring water in the area unless you're in 
town and I will be 10 miles out.


> I work as a survey tech for an  Engineering firm and  I do water line 
> inspection when they put new lines in  subdivisions.
> If on a well get a large storage tank 10,000 gal and hook up a pump and put  
> in a fire suppression system

	That's not a half bad idea.  I'm thinking of damming the creek to maybe 
a 10' head.  Given the lay of the land I'm sure that would provide a 
couple hundred thousand gallons' volume.  A pump with a line in... 
maybe one day.

	Thanks.

	Do you miss the desert?

	-Andy


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