Putting 'city' water on a farm... lots of ???

[radios1]

Mention was made to drill a well instead. Another check point to make; some jurisdictions protect their utility companies by not allowing wells at all or requiring a variance for AG use.

Ron

I'm pretty sure that is ILLEGAL!.. think what such a law would mean, you can only buy water from a water company that the jurisdiction owns?. I don't think so, at least there would be a firm defense against that racket!..

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I'm pretty sure that is ILLEGAL!.. think what such a law would mean, you can only buy water from a water company that the jurisdiction owns?. I don't think so, at least there would be a firm defense against that racket!..

Not illegal. If you have distributed water in most areas, they will not let you have a well.

 

[MossRoad]

I'm pretty sure that is ILLEGAL!.. think what such a law would mean, you can only buy water from a water company that the jurisdiction owns?. I don't think so, at least there would be a firm defense against that racket!..

Ha! In many places it's illegal to put in a private well if there's a municipal water system available. Many reasons, but health concerns, contaminated ground water, limited ground water supplies, improperly designed systems that allow ground water contamination come to mind. I recall reading about several programs to cap unused wells, as they are great sources for direct contamination to the ground water that the public uses.

Read up on it or ask questions in your local area.

I'm also pretty sure that areas of our county that have been annexed into the city have many well owners. As city water is run out to those areas, and if the private well ever fails, the well owner is not allowed to repair it. They have to connect to the municipal water system.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm also pretty sure that areas of our county that have been annexed into the city have many well owners. As city water is run out to those areas, and if the private well ever fails, the well owner is not allowed to repair it. They have to connect to the municipal water system.

Is it common for rural areas to have city water in some parts of the country? Not something I've seen before.

 

[MossRoad]

Is it common for rural areas to have city water in some parts of the country? Not something I've seen before.

Depends. Doesn't have to be "city" water, but it's a municipal water system, sometimes just a township, or small area. Aquifer contamination by either faulty septics systems or industrial contamination are quite common across America. Many times around here, developers will build housing developments outside of city limits, and run city water to them, with the stipulation that they won't fight annexation attempts in the future. Things like that.

 

[skipperbrown]

I would consider putting in cutoff valves every 100 yards or so in the event that you have a leak somewhere along your 1900 ft run. I had a lightning strike that hit a tree in my yard. The lightning ran down the tree, through the roots, and jumped to my irrigation lines and burst the pipe in 3 locations. 2 weren't so hard to find, but the 3rd was a beast. Troubleshooting a leak would be a lot easier if you can cut the water off and watch the meter on each section until you find the area of the leak.

 

[aczlan]

Here, black polly was used for a period of time and now it's failing so often that the City of Tyler has two crews out working 24/7 in winter to fix the leaks. When wet soil freezes, it expands and breaks pipes buried in the ground when they come up to the meter. I personally think black polly is the worse stuff out there.

Here it's used everywhere for private well water, they hang the pumps off of it and its trouble free.
They also put the water meters inside so that they can't freeze, but we probably see a little more freezing weather than Tyler TX.

Aaron Z

 

[MossRoad]

Most wells here have the pumps hung from PVC. Water meters are also inside in the city, with electronic displays wired to the outside for the meter reader. The only thing I've seen black poly used around here for is some sprinkler installs, and geothermal coils. And even most sprinkler companies use PVC in 20' lengths here.

 

[MossRoad]

Has anyone asked the OP why he's using city water? Is it required? Is a well allowed?

 

[3Ts]

I'm pretty sure that is ILLEGAL!.. think what such a law would mean, you can only buy water from a water company that the jurisdiction owns?. I don't think so, at least there would be a firm defense against that racket!..

I built in a rural area in Florida and to get a building permit I had to sign a statement that if the city ever ran water or sewer to the area I'd have to connect into it or no permit.

In Texas there is city water on the other side of the road (which is a state road) so in order to get water I had to get permission from the state to drill under the road to connect to the water line. By the time all the costs were figured for the work and permits, it was cheaper to drill a well. So I have a well about 250' from city water. I also calculated what it would cost over time with minimum billing charges and expected water use. Found out later that 1) charges are higher than stated because of the way they bill, 2) city water pumps don't always work 3) water quality does not meet state requirements frequently. I'm very glad I went with a well.

My well pump is hung from PVC that has threaded ends, apparently special well pipe. Output from that is 1" PVC which I run into 1.5" PVC for distribution with 1" take-off from that for the buildings.