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WY_mark
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# Posted: 9 May 2013 11:55am
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Hey everyone.
I've pretty much written off the idea of a well. we'll have to go so deep and our area is spotty for successful wells anyway. I have a quote for a 1500 gallon cement cistern installed with shallow well pump and pressure vessel for $5-6k. Where we are water delivery will be $130 for 1450 gallons. not bad.
one thing that occurs to me is that I don't really want to wait till the cistern is all the way empty to have a delivery, but I also don't want to pay $130 for a delivery and then only get 800gal or so. the option is full truck or nothing. we do not have a feasible option to transport the water ourselves (both don't have a vehicle/tank AND anything we can get would require 6-8 trips which outweighs the cost of delivery).
I'm told that 1500gal is the biggest pre-cast we can get and the installer says plastic is a bad idea. I'm curious on your thoughts for getting more like 2000-2500 gal. I've read some topics on people burying above ground ranch tanks, but I'd like to use a proper in-ground solution. particularly something that doesn't have to remain half full to prevent collapse.
Also, I'm told that the proposed cistern is just concrete - designed for water, but not epoxy coated. thoughts here good or bad?
thanks for your ideas.
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Steve961
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# Posted: 10 May 2013 04:00pm
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Mark:
That price seems very high to me. For example, I can get a 1,000 gallon cement tank delivered to my property for $950. The increase in cost from a 750 to 1,000 is only $50, so I cant imagine that a 1,500 gallon tank would be much more. I can also get a 1/2 HP shallow well pump and 30 gal. pressure tank for around $400. Figure a few hundred more for miscellaneous pipe, and you should be able to build one for around $2K.
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creeky
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# Posted: 11 May 2013 08:49am
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http://www.ntotank.com/begrwata.html
a 1450 gallon below ground tank is 1139 dollars. Now you need a pump, some fittings and a hole in the ground.
installation instructions are on the page.
good luck.
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Martian
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# Posted: 11 May 2013 09:18am
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Concrete is a poor choice for a cistern. Algae will grow on the sides. I suggest getting a plastic cistern.
Tom
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WY_mark
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# Posted: 13 May 2013 08:39am
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the cistern will be filled with chlorinated city water, algae shouldn't be an issue. I've not known any one surface to be better or worse for algae - it's sun and water treatment.
thanks for the info, I thought the price was feeling high.
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WY_mark
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# Posted: 13 May 2013 08:43am
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looking at those plastic tanks, aside from having very little info, some say "tank can be burried up to 28" deep" - I've got a 4' frost line. anyone knwo of plastic tanks that won't crush under a bigger load of dirt? how bout any that can be drained mostly empty and not crush?
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