hubs developed a spring 20 some years ago. he buried a water tank and all we see is a 4 inch pipe sticking out of the ground about a foot long. central PA, never froze or went dry,
Am not sure where you are - probably somewhere warm, but I'd add insulation on top of the dam - probably 2" rigid on top and sides before adding the poly and leaves. This would help stop it from freezing in the winter. I would have also run irrigation tubing down from the dam to the IBC and enclosed that as well. But great information for the dam and how to build.
If that spring ever freezes the only thing left alive on earth will be the polar bears and penguins. Springs maintain above freezing temperatures year round as the water is constantly flowing coming from 8-20 feet deep out of the shallow water table from a water bearing layer, at a depth where year round temperature never gets below 40 or above 70.
Looks great. I have Landon Kentucky and found some holes in the ground and… Behold, I could hear water running underneath. Going to find a way to tap into it like what you did.
It’s a great feeling knowing you have free drinkable water! Do all you can to try to collect it, because you never know! Thanks for watching my friend and good luck!
This is at an undisclosed location ;) we’ll do more videos on our springs soon! Springs aren’t hard to come by, lots of properties have them. Look for areas with lots of rocks and varied terrain. I think that properties with springs (and thus free water) are super valuable! Thanks for watching, as always!
Thanks! Yeahhh watch the update as the piping to the tank didn’t work out so well :( it’s still running out of the pipe (pvc) but not thru that whole system. Check out the updated video! We’re gonna develop another spring here soon. Thanks for watching!
It depends on the time of year…spring time it’s a few gallons a minute but it does slow in the summer to maybe a gallon a minute. Thanks for watching!!!! I’ll have an update on it soon.
Your pipe and tank installation show a small lack of consideration for freezing and flooding. Your long pipes will need to be buried to prevent freezing, as will the 275 gallon tank. Your spring box will need access eventually to allow clean out of trash, roots, salamanders and other debris that will collect in the bottom from the spring ground water. During heavy spring rains, your spring flow rate could increase by 1000%, so your overflow and other pipes may be flooded with dirty water.
Good comment and suggestions! You are 1000% correct. I’ll do a video on how things fared over the winter. The spring is still there but not sure how the pipes did. I plan on doing some modifications on this when I get a second. We appreciate everyone who watches and takes the time to comment! As always thanks for watching and being apart of the community!
The right spring developed properly may never need cleaned out. We got one here that needs cleaned every few months, one once per year, and one has never been cleaned in decades. Pipes (especially black poly) and a tank will never freeze with fresh ground water flowing through them. It'll only freeze on pressure pipes that don't have 24/7 flow. So whatever pipe is supplying pressurized water to the house needs buried but the pipe from spring to tank doesn't. And the tank itself only needs minimal protection. Buried or half buried or block or stone stacked around it would be fine. Or a wooden shed built around it and pack some old hay or dry leaves in around it. Got one here in a shed with hay, it's never frozen. And my uncle and I both have tanks in old failed block/concrete cisterns that won't ever freeze either. Black poly line from the springs to the tanks have been run through hundreds of feet of woods right on top of the ground with nothing covering them except fallen leaves and erosion, only buried where they go under a road since as far back as 1960s and have never froze. The constant flow of relatively warm spring water won't let them freeze.
Here’s an update to this video-one year later!!!!!
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hubs developed a spring 20 some years ago. he buried a water tank and all we see is a 4 inch pipe sticking out of the ground about a foot long. central PA, never froze or went dry,
That’s great!!!! Talk about having peace of mind. Thanks for watching!!!!!!!!
Am not sure where you are - probably somewhere warm, but I'd add insulation on top of the dam - probably 2" rigid on top and sides before adding the poly and leaves. This would help stop it from freezing in the winter. I would have also run irrigation tubing down from the dam to the IBC and enclosed that as well.
But great information for the dam and how to build.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
If that spring ever freezes the only thing left alive on earth will be the polar bears and penguins.
Springs maintain above freezing temperatures year round as the water is constantly flowing coming from 8-20 feet deep out of the shallow water table from a water bearing layer, at a depth where year round temperature never gets below 40 or above 70.
So cool!
Thanks!!!!!!!!
Looks great. I have Landon Kentucky and found some holes in the ground and… Behold, I could hear water running underneath. Going to find a way to tap into it like what you did.
It’s a great feeling knowing you have free drinkable water! Do all you can to try to collect it, because you never know! Thanks for watching my friend and good luck!
Fascinating! Where is this at? Any tips on how to buy a property with a spring?
This is at an undisclosed location ;) we’ll do more videos on our springs soon! Springs aren’t hard to come by, lots of properties have them. Look for areas with lots of rocks and varied terrain. I think that properties with springs (and thus free water) are super valuable! Thanks for watching, as always!
Looks great! How about an update on this system please.
Will do! I haven’t been down there but maybe this week or next I’ll get down there and show you all. Thanks for watching, as always!
Awesome video. I wish you would have used stainless steel, or something other than PVC, as I’m told that PVC can leach chemicals.
Thanks! Yeahhh watch the update as the piping to the tank didn’t work out so well :( it’s still running out of the pipe (pvc) but not thru that whole system. Check out the updated video! We’re gonna develop another spring here soon. Thanks for watching!
Great job! How many gallons/minute?
It depends on the time of year…spring time it’s a few gallons a minute but it does slow in the summer to maybe a gallon a minute. Thanks for watching!!!! I’ll have an update on it soon.
Why not use stone like the old time spring house?
Definitely a good idea! We have another spring we’re going to develop soon, we’ll make a video on that also. And That’s what we’ll do!
Your pipe and tank installation show a small lack of consideration for freezing and flooding. Your long pipes will need to be buried to prevent freezing, as will the 275 gallon tank. Your spring box will need access eventually to allow clean out of trash, roots, salamanders and other debris that will collect in the bottom from the spring ground water. During heavy spring rains, your spring flow rate could increase by 1000%, so your overflow and other pipes may be flooded with dirty water.
Good comment and suggestions! You are 1000% correct. I’ll do a video on how things fared over the winter. The spring is still there but not sure how the pipes did. I plan on doing some modifications on this when I get a second. We appreciate everyone who watches and takes the time to comment! As always thanks for watching and being apart of the community!
The right spring developed properly may never need cleaned out. We got one here that needs cleaned every few months, one once per year, and one has never been cleaned in decades.
Pipes (especially black poly) and a tank will never freeze with fresh ground water flowing through them. It'll only freeze on pressure pipes that don't have 24/7 flow. So whatever pipe is supplying pressurized water to the house needs buried but the pipe from spring to tank doesn't. And the tank itself only needs minimal protection. Buried or half buried or block or stone stacked around it would be fine. Or a wooden shed built around it and pack some old hay or dry leaves in around it.
Got one here in a shed with hay, it's never frozen. And my uncle and I both have tanks in old failed block/concrete cisterns that won't ever freeze either.
Black poly line from the springs to the tanks have been run through hundreds of feet of woods right on top of the ground with nothing covering them except fallen leaves and erosion, only buried where they go under a road since as far back as 1960s and have never froze.
The constant flow of relatively warm spring water won't let them freeze.