Bad ass dude. I was wondering how it worked so in case anybody else is wondering. Read this. web page



Is the waste valve near the spring so that it may just flow back into the creek? Would running the feed pipe downhill before the pump increase any volume out? Maybe increase the cycle speed?
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Very nice.

I hooked up a simple rain barrel for my garden boxes...I'm amazed at how much water comes off one side of the roof in a decent soak.

Makes me want to hook up another one just to feed the peach trees I planted at the bottom of the hill (no water there).

PS...I hate all you warm weather gardeners and your stupid year round growing seasons! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />

Bump for relevance.

Park my thread right here Ray. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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There are a couple of states (think Colorado is one) that prohibit collecting rainwater as it is a violation of someones water right....

Seems that there are claims to ALL water (rain, hail, snow, etc) as belonging to someone downstream with senior water rights.

If you want to see a real morass of legislation, rules, regulations, and litigation, start reviewing the western water rights issues.

>>>*Yep! I ran into the same thing here in Oregon. I had plans to build a simple little hydro project and I was ready to start doing it. Then I read the post on another thread here about checking on the regulations first.

*EB don't do prison well, it would make me crabby.

It seems that the STATE owns the rain, all water, with claims to own ALL submersible lands. This granted when Oregon became a State in 1859.

But... We have an abstract that describes our property, granted by the territory long BEFORE Oregon became a State and it says WE own all the submersible lands and rights to the water?

I was looking at that, it appears that tapping our own spring for water to our house is actually retroactively illegal according to current laws...What they want is for use to pay the State a fee to use our own resource..

The truth is that we own nothing, we just rent it from the State it seems.....*EB

EB. I propose a deal. I'll come live with you and fight the good fight for you with the gobment.

Found this while scratching around for something else; the associated videos are rather interesting.

The Magniwork Generator Guide is downloadable; $49--

http://www.magniwork.com/

now where's my geek stick?

Check this site out Curtis:

www.builditsolar.com

Tons of cool stuff on there that I want to dive into when my life slows down a little.

This guy is part of a yahoo group I belong to; he's the editor for this site:

http://www.homesteadernews.com/

And here's his personal website; I've got his ebook:

http://www.simplesolarhomesteading.com/

Stumbled into this line of backpacks - never heard of theme before -Mystery Ranch.