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General Snafu · May 27, 2007, 08:41 PM

We bought an older mobile home in North Carolina"as is". It had not been lived in for years. We have a natural spring on the property and would like to get water from our spring to our mobile . How should we start? Please help as we don't know where to begin. Thanking you all in advance for any idea's you might have.:confused:

AltaVista · May 27, 2007, 10:17 PM

Ok, there's a lot that goes into this project. Lets start with some basics, you need to have the water quality tested. This will tell you if it's 'legal' water or not. Next would be the GPM rate - this will tell you the Gallon Per Minute flow capability - does this spring have the ability to serve the dwelling. After those questions are answered, we'll get into 'tapping' the spring, and either pumping or natural pressure to fill a storage tank; and then getting water from the tank into the "hasn't been lived in for years" mobile home!
To answer a question: Yes, this can be done and is being done all the time. Let's find the answers to those first two point before going further.
Best of luck!

speedball1 · May 28, 2007, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by General Snafu

We bought an older mobile home in North Carolina"as is". It had not been lived in for years. We have a natural spring on the property and would like to get water from our spring to our mobile . How should we start? Please help as we don't know where to begin. Thanking you all in advance for any idea's you might have.:confused:

The first thing you must do, as Vista has pointed out, is to get the spring certified as potable water. Next a shallow well pump and a storage/ressure
Tank. How far is the spring from your trailer? Regards, Tom

General Snafu · May 28, 2007, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by AltaVista

Ok, there's a lot that goes into this project. Lets start with some basics, you need to have the water quality tested. This will tell you if it's 'legal' water or not. Next would be the GPM rate - this will tell you the Gallon Per Minute flow capability - does this spring have the ability to serve the dwelling. After those questions are answered, we'll get into 'tapping' the spring, and either pumping or natural pressure to fill a storage tank; and then getting water from the tank into the "hasn't been lived in for years" mobile home!
To answer a question: Yes, this can be done and is being done all the time. Let's find the answers to those first two point before going further.
Best of luck!

AltaVista and Speedball1 (Tom)
Thank you so much for responding to my questions. Sorry, I think l misled you. The spring is already developed, I just don't know how to get the water to our mobile home. It's about 200 feet from the mobile. We will have the water tested when we go back to North Carolina and also try to get the GPM. There's two concrete cylinders in the ground and we were told these were to the spring. How do we find out more about them? We didn't see any plumbing or anything around them. That doesn' mean that there isn't any there thou. It was very overgrown with blackberries , etc. This is my first time posting to anything on the computer, so bear with me if I didn't do this right. Thanking you both very much for your help.

speedball1 · May 29, 2007, 07:49 AM

. "This is my first time posting to anything on the computer, so bear with me if I didn't do this right"

Snafu, You're doing fine. What do you mean, "The spring is already developed." In what way? Who "developed" it? Is it on your property and do you own the spring? What's the function of the two concrete cylinders?
Storage? Well head covers? Is the spring a free flowing sprinrg, Artesian Well or would you have to sink a well point down? You just haven't given me enough facts and details to go on here. Regards, Tom

General Snafu · Jun 2, 2007, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by speedball1

. "This is my first time posting to anything on the computer, so bear with me if I didn't do this right"

Snafu, You're doing fine. What do you mean, "The spring is already developed." In what way? Who "developed" it? Is it on your property and do you own the spring? What's the function of the two concrete cylinders?
Storage? Well head covers? Is the spring a free flowing sprinrg, Artesian Well or would you have to sink a well point down? You just haven't given me enough facts and details to go on here. Regards, Tom

Tom, Thank you so much for helping me. I am posting a picture to clarify what I am trying to describe. The arrow on the left points to the two concrete cylinders, that we have been told are the spring and the spring box. The arrow on the right is pointing to where the overflow appears to come back up out of the ground about 30 feet away. It then begins a branch that flows down and into one of the two creeks that are on the property.

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speedball1 · Jun 3, 2007, 08:12 AM

OK! You have a free flowing,( artesian) well. If the concrete cylinders are the well head then I would think a shallow well pump and a bladder tank should fill your needs. Just install a suction line down into the well and pipe to your trailer. Good luck, Tom

General Snafu · Jun 4, 2007, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by speedball1

OK! You have a free flowing,( artesian) well. If the concrete cylinders are the well head then I would think a shallow well pump and a bladder tank should fill your needs. Just install a suction line down into the well and pipe to your trailer. good luck, Tom

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