Hi,
What with the spiralling cost of water and everything else, I’m looking to feed our garden irrigation system from the river and wondered if anyone else had undertaken a similar project and what advice on pumps/filtering/etc they could give?
(Yes I checked and in my area it’s ok to abstract under something like 20m3 a day)
Problem nbr 1 is how to filter it without drawing in silt and small things (living & dead!) that could block the sprinklers.
Problem nbr 2 is how (what kind of pump) to give it enough pressure for sprinklers, soaker hoses, etc. It’s a fairly large garden so I could use multiple pumps if necessary.
My initial thoughts were to use a large boat bilge pump to fill a big waterbutt, then let the sediment settle (where it can be drawn off from time to time through the waterbutt tap). I’m guessing maybe a shower pump might then give enough pressure for pumping the cleaner water from the top of the tank to the irrigation?
I’m sure if doing this job badly I’ll be forever cleaning filters or changing burnt out pumps, so would really welcome any advice!
Any ideas or good tips from anyone that’s done this please??
Cheers! Dave
What with the spiralling cost of water and everything else, I’m looking to feed our garden irrigation system from the river and wondered if anyone else had undertaken a similar project and what advice on pumps/filtering/etc they could give?
(Yes I checked and in my area it’s ok to abstract under something like 20m3 a day)
Problem nbr 1 is how to filter it without drawing in silt and small things (living & dead!) that could block the sprinklers.
Problem nbr 2 is how (what kind of pump) to give it enough pressure for sprinklers, soaker hoses, etc. It’s a fairly large garden so I could use multiple pumps if necessary.
My initial thoughts were to use a large boat bilge pump to fill a big waterbutt, then let the sediment settle (where it can be drawn off from time to time through the waterbutt tap). I’m guessing maybe a shower pump might then give enough pressure for pumping the cleaner water from the top of the tank to the irrigation?
I’m sure if doing this job badly I’ll be forever cleaning filters or changing burnt out pumps, so would really welcome any advice!
Any ideas or good tips from anyone that’s done this please??
Cheers! Dave
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