"RCE" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:04:44 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:06:51 GMT, Don White
wrote:

What's left of Alberto is lashing the province at this moment and
should
continue tonight. As if we don't already have enough rain.
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/warnings/ns_e.html

Notice how often all this rain misses the DC area? I'd love to have
some of
and save some bucks on my lawn watering bill!
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John H

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Dig a well.

At about $150 per quarter, how long would it take me to break even?
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John H


Depends on how deep they have to drill. We put a well in a few years ago
because the sprinkler costs were getting ridiculous. (They are installed
in both the lawn and horse paddock areas). The well drilling guy told me
they try to get a well to produce at least 12 gals/min. They had to go
down 512 feet for ours and finally hit paydirt ... or paywater and got
over 20 gals/min. He said they hit an aquifer and we now had an artesian
well that tests purer than the town supplied water.

It paid for itself in about 2-3 years in our case.

RCE

www.eisboch.com


Our water/sewer bill for the year is normally about $350. We have a lawn
sprinkler system that runs 3.5 hours x 6 days (6 zones one day, 6 different
zones the next) throughout the summer and early fall. Add to this the water
demand for a family of 3.25 (our daughter is only with us on an occasional
basis now) and I guess we have a pretty sweet deal.

If I were to ever build new on the (fresh) water, the river or lake would
serve as the water supply for the lawn sprinkler system. ;-)

In your case, it sounds like you struck gold Richard.