We are leasing land from a friend to put horses on. We're in the process of building a barn. We don't want to run water out there because its too much trouble for the meter and everything, but someone said to get a water pump and pump the water from the pond and filter it and use it. I have no idea what all we need or what kind of pump to get. Helpp!
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One of our neighbors uses water from a small stream to water his garden and lawn. He uses a pump very similar to the self priming pumps used for pools and hot tubs. You can install a filter on the discharge and provide all the water you might need. Just be sure the filter is really more like a strainger than a true filter. A true filter will plug up too often to be practical.
Yes you can pump the water from the pond and all you need to do is goto a store like tractor supply and they have everything that you would need there. The pump will have a data sheet that will say what it is capable of doing. The main things are how far to pump it and how high you will need to pump the water. Don't forget that a pump will require electricity. Before you do this you need to get the water tested to make sure that it is ok for the horses to drink. Knowing all this might make getting the meter installed a better option if available. Another option that may be acceptable would be to dig a well on the property. This would be beneficial because it would all you to have good clean water that humans would be able to use. One other option would be to get a water tank on a trailer and carry them drinking water from your house. You could then set up a rain water collection system to get water for bathing and other non drinking purposes.
There are many choices and lots of problems. You probably can use a small system with garden hose even depending on how much water you need. There are a lot of variables to define. How much water ie gallons per day? How far do you have to pump it? Is it uphill or downhill? What quality is the pond water? Filtering is a little harder but you should find in line systems or something on the web once you determine the flow rate etc. That may determine the rate you can pump at ie the filter capacity. Do you have electric? If not you need a gas setup pump or generator. What kind of storage tank are you going to pump water into? Sounds like your filter will be the big thing. If you pump 100 gal thats about two bathtubs full. If you pump that in 100 minutes that is 1 gallon per minute. Thats small. So if you can find a filter to do say 1 to 10 gpm and that type pump you can do two bathtubs or more in two hours or so. If you go to 10 gpm thats about the max for a garden hose. Thats more what you would want to spray from the system. Your filter is the key. How clean is the water? Then you need a pump for the flow rate and pressure that can go through the filter. City meter sounds easier now doesnt it?
