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Storage tanks under seasonal stream.
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Posted by eric_wa San Juan, z8 WA (ejellison@rockisland.com) on Mon, Feb 1, 10 at 21:19
| Hello,
I have a artificial seasonal stream. I was wonder if any one has buried storage tanks under a dry stream bed. In the winter they would fill up and then water would just flow over the tops.
Eric
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RE: Storage tanks under seasonal stream.
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Eric, I have done this in a seasonal spring, I obtained a 3000 gallon, new but defected septic tank, and buried it below the spring, this spring sits in the bottom of an annual creek. You have to cover the inlet with filter cloth, or landscape fabric, the best way is to wrap the fabric under the tank and bury it that way it wont slip off, the weight and pressure applied is enourmous. Without the fabric at the end of one season you end up with a silted in tank.
josh |
RE: Storage tanks under seasonal stream.
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| Josh, I thought about the silt problem. hmm I also have a duck pond this stream / ditch fills. Why would I go through the expense of a tank and not just deepen the pond? Thinking out load Eric |
RE: Storage tanks under seasonal stream.2
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That would make more sense, and the water is pre-fertilized :0)
josh |
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