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Hi All,
I have an unusual situation, and am not sure where to look for advice. Hopefully someone can direct me to the most appropriate forum or an answer.
My father has a small fresh water lake-side house. There is no mains water supply. We do have mains electricity.
The present water supply is from a small stream running off the hill behind the house, down to next to the house and into the lake. There is a dam about 30 foot (height) up stream which supplies a holding tank some 10 feet lower down.
The holding tank then runs to the house, giving a drop from the holding tank to the house of about 20 feet.
This is adequate pressure to wash, run a bath etc.
However - the supply coming off the stream has very poor (dangerous) access, making maintenance hazardous. My father is getting older, and I worry about him damaging himself when cleaning blocked pipes, or clearing a vapour lock. This happens frequently.
Is there some way to get fresh, potable water from the lake (which is a matter of feet from the house), that is going to be easy to maintain, won't freeze during the winter, and is pumped into the house under pressure?
Thanks in advance!
I have an unusual situation, and am not sure where to look for advice. Hopefully someone can direct me to the most appropriate forum or an answer.
My father has a small fresh water lake-side house. There is no mains water supply. We do have mains electricity.
The present water supply is from a small stream running off the hill behind the house, down to next to the house and into the lake. There is a dam about 30 foot (height) up stream which supplies a holding tank some 10 feet lower down.
The holding tank then runs to the house, giving a drop from the holding tank to the house of about 20 feet.
This is adequate pressure to wash, run a bath etc.
However - the supply coming off the stream has very poor (dangerous) access, making maintenance hazardous. My father is getting older, and I worry about him damaging himself when cleaning blocked pipes, or clearing a vapour lock. This happens frequently.
Is there some way to get fresh, potable water from the lake (which is a matter of feet from the house), that is going to be easy to maintain, won't freeze during the winter, and is pumped into the house under pressure?
Thanks in advance!