Posted by CB in central NY on April 02, 2010 at 07:50:55 from (204.248.24.164):
I would like to run a scenario by the plumbing-savvy folks on the forum. Sorry for the O.T.
I have a continuously-running waterline which is fed by a spring (siphon / gravity feed). It runs about 1000" downhill and fills a cistern close to my house. I then have a shallow-well pump in the house pumping the water from the cistern to supply my house water needs. This is a fairly common setup around these parts.
Before the water goes into the cistern from the spring site, I have an old tee which used to feed the barn (now cut off and plugged). I would like to unplug that tee and attach a shallow-well pump to it so that I could have water close to the barn again.
My question is: being that most of the water is going into the cistern, would I have enough volume at the tee to use a shallow-well pump and fill a bladder tank? Main line is either a 1" or 1.25", tee-off is a 0.75".
There is a reason I cannot push the water back from the house to the barn (town road in the way). It goes without saying that the pump and bladder tank will be insulated and protected against freezing.
Thanks for any input. It"s getting old to haul water from the roadside.
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