[AT] Springtime in Sask? Water Hauling

[Gene Dotson]

    Ralph;

    I enjoyed your video and also read through your blog site. Very 
enjoyable.

    My first house had only a rainwater cistern. During winter freeze or dry 
summers it would go dry. I borrowed a 550 gallon tank from the local 
fertilizer dealer and installed it in my 1972 Chevy 3/4 ton truck with hose 
and valve. Would go to the city waterworks 8 miles away and for $1. 25 could 
get a full tank of water. Worked well for keeping my cistern full. Friends 
who also had cisterns discovered I could haul water, so started hauling some 
for them. Made a little extra spending money. After I had my well drilled, 
we still used the cistern and kept it filled like this for several years.

    My well I have now has a lot of iron sulfide in it. Use a water softener 
with iron out salt and have very clear tasty water. Water direct from the 
well will turn a rusty brown setting overnight, but the softened water will 
stay clear for months.

                        Gene





> Charlie,/Joe, I'm glad you found the video of some interest. Its a bit
> "ironic" that I sit on top of a huge aquifer that could supply a small
> village with water and its only about 40 feet below the surface.
> Unfortunately  my well water is so hard and mineral laden that it is
> undrinkable unless you have a cast iron stomach. Expensive water treatment
> systems could probably render it quite drinkable but I'm used to trucking
> drinking water and its no great hardship considering I don't have to do it
> very often. That community well I haul from has some of the best water
> you'll ever find. Straight out of the ground with no iron taste or heavy
> mineral load. Its a rare thing in this part of Sask.
> My well is adequate for all other farm uses except washing. For that I 
> have
> a cistern that catches rain water off the house roof and you would have a
> hard time finding softer water than that. No need to constantly buy bags 
> of
> softener salt and my water heater is about 45 years old so that says
> something about water hardness.
> I've put down a few more details of how it used to be in my grandfather's
> day on a blog at
> http://mindlessramblings-rlg.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunny-day-in-january.html
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
>
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