Water Pressure Not a big deal

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Samba old boy Haribol

You are not alone many people have problems with water related issues.

First of all, what are you trying to determine? Water pressure is determined

by the weight of the water. The higher the water tank the more pressure.

The bigger the supply pipes to your garden the greater the volume your garden

gets, simple. Now (don't let this confuse you) the smaller the pipe the

greater the pressure. Remember big supply pipes provide lots of water, but

not much pressure. Small pipes supply lots of pressure (thumb on the end of

the pipe to make it squirt further) but there isn't much volume. To get lots

of fall (pressure) put your water tank up as high as you can get it. That is

why American municipal water supplies tanks are on hills or towers so the

city gets high pressure by gravity. This is not rocket science. In the USA

water pressure is calculated in PSI pounds per square inch of volume. Sea

level is the base line. For two acres put your water tank ten feet or 3 1/3

meters above the lowest point on your land. That way every thing is gravity

fed. You don't have a freezing problem do you? if not you are set. A wind

mill can pump the lake water if you are on the bank of the lake. If not you

should be able to hand dig a twenty or thirty food deep well. Its not as

tough as you think. A gasoline powered pump like they use in Indian rice

paddies can pump a tremendous amount of water in a short amount of time.

Talk to those wonderful farm agents the government provides for free. Who

knows they may provide you with a free pump. I got a replacement fan for my

windmill for free once from an agent who knew someone who had "modernized."

Those guys are full of all sorts of really neat information. Use them

whenever posable.

Carol