[TheForge] OT: Spring tile question

[Andrew Vida]

Kim, Larry,

Thanks for the help.  This is for a friend and neighbor for those days 
we lose power here, which is actually pretty often in this part of the 
state.  I am thinking of doing the same at our place.  We have a 24x7 
spring coming out the mountain that is flowing as low as perhaps 1 gpm 
and as high as 5-10 I estimate.  I am thinking maybe a 2000 gallon 
concrete tank if they can actually get it down there... pretty steep 
slope that part of the farm.  Can always use a plastic tank, but they 
are a bit pricey these days.  Cheapest I found was about $600 for 1500 
gallon, plus about $400 for shipping from plasticmart.com.

Thanks again.

	-Andy

On 4/1/2012 12:18 AM, Kim George wrote:
> All  right a spring tile is a red clay tile 2' or better that is
> placed over an excavated spring so that the dirt can't get in . It
> lets the water accumulate and has a cover to keep leaves,frogs and
> such out. Before they drilled a well here they had a pipe hooked to
> shallow well pump to supply water to the house. And yes you back fill
> the tile. Check the spring at least once a year for  washed in dirt
> and remove it and if your concerned about bacteria put some bleach in
> twice a year.
>
> On 3/31/12, Andrew Vida<osan at netlabs.net>  wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I have been trying to find information on how to develop springs and am
>> having a pretty hard time of it.  Here is WV they call the device for
>> capturing the water a tile.  Searching the net for "spring tile" returns
>> about fifty trillion pages of all sorts of things wholly unrelated to
>> springs.
>>
>> Do any of you know anything about developing springs or of sites that
>> discuss this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
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