pond vs city water for drip irrigation?

[jeffinsgf]

Check out this site. I've learned a lot from it. I can't put my finger on it specifically, but I'm sure the answer is on this site, either in the section on water supply or on drip irrigation.

http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/

 

[Tig]

Pond water is a lot better for your garden. City water is treated to prevent things from growing. FWIW, well water is no better than city water. Not sure why but things just don't grow as well as they should with it. Could be that it's too hard and cold.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

You water department will require a backflow preventer, probably a double check with regular inspections, to stop cross connections. Check with your water department before starting any projects.

 

[charlz]

You need about 150 mesh for drip. I run lawn sprinklers, flower bed drip and garden drip off my pond. I use the inline Y type filters. They are pretty easy to clean if you have a spigot nearby to rinse them. Depending on how much stuff your pond pump will pickup you might want a larger filter inline first to catch the big stuff which will help your finer filter go a bit longer between cleanings. I have to clean the filters about once a week in the peak summer watering system.

My big garden runs off one 1 inch valve and filter. I don't worry about over watering some plants as I have good drainage and it is more $$ to try and set up lots of small zones.

 

[bdw593]

Pond water will have alot of nutrients in it that are not in the city water. Nit to mention that the city water has chlorine etc. To purify the water and to make it potable. I have used city water for irrigation in the past but I think if it were me and I was choosing u would use the pond water.

When I was stocking my fish pond there was alot of information that I read on Nutrients and such in the water. The jist of most articles I read said if you have fertile soil that grows good plants/crops then the pond nearby that is feed by the runoff from this ground will b fertile as well. It makes sense.