So I can most likely find a company that will come and install a simple well with just an outdoor hose spigot? Hate to have to run power to it, I wonder if the old hand pump style you used to see would work?You can have a well.
My family faced the same issues in Columbus(Indiana). We had both a private well and city water. The well was by code in Columbus only allowed to be connected to an outside hose spigot. Sewer bills were based on city water use and they do not want to lose that revenue. If you hooked up well water to the whole house they had no way to meter you for sewage disposal.
Here is what I found on the actual rules in Marion county.
Private Well Program
marionhealth.org
Helvie & Sons (765) 674-1372 5418 Lincoln Blvd, Marion, IN 46953So I can most likely find a company that will come and install a simple well with just an outdoor hose spigot? Hate to have to run power to it, I wonder if the old hand pump style you used to see would work?
Get this done and then I just need some simple solar for misc power. Just enough to get by.
I imagine that with our annual precipitation, you could just use a couple plastic barrels.Due to all the regulations on wells and the cost you may be better off just putting in a cistern?
Tye it into your gutters and call it done....they have been used for thousands of years and are still used today.
I have a buddy who has a hunting cabin in Brown county that still uses a cistern for all the water needs.
You can have a well.
My family faced the same issues in Columbus(Indiana). We had both a private well and city water. The well was by code in Columbus only allowed to be connected to an outside hose spigot. Sewer bills were based on city water use and they do not want to lose that revenue. If you hooked up well water to the whole house they had no way to meter you for sewage disposal.
Here is what I found on the actual rules in Marion county.
Private Well Program
marionhealth.org
Legally?You can drill your own.
I'd be pissed if I bought a house and was stuck using well water - but I'm Fort Wayne where the city water is top notch.
Oh, and if the water goes out, the electricity probably will too, so a genny is must have.
And if your neighbors see you have a well in SHTF scenario...
I was always on well and septic up until this past summer when they ran sanitary sewers and made everyone tie in to it. We still have well water though, as they didn't run city water lines. They don't seem to have any problem billing me for my sewage disposal. I am guessing the grinder pump they put in probably has some kind of metering function.You can have a well.
My family faced the same issues in Columbus(Indiana). We had both a private well and city water. The well was by code in Columbus only allowed to be connected to an outside hose spigot. Sewer bills were based on city water use and they do not want to lose that revenue. If you hooked up well water to the whole house they had no way to meter you for sewage disposal.
Here is what I found on the actual rules in Marion county.
Private Well Program
marionhealth.org
Yea lol. There is a ton of forms. So legally I’m sure you got go the expensive route and pay a well company. 6200 was the qoute I got.Legally?
I have a sprinkler which would be awesome to hook it up to the well. That would mean I’d need an electric pump for it, and that it would need to have a water line ran across the yard to the main intake for the sprinkler. I wonder if I can have two lines coming out of the well. One electric and feeding the sprinkler, and the other a hand pump for when shtf. Saving big money on the water bill for a few years would be nice to offset the costs.When I lived near Indy (lawrence, actually) one of my neighbors had a well even though we were on Lawrence water and sewer. He used it for his sprinkler system.
Damn, that thing is sharp looking. Very nice.You could use one of these Custom made to order multi fuel Rocket Stoves to boil your water. Constructed of welded 1/4 carbon steel guaranteed to last a lifetime and only $450.
Great for Hunting, Camping or I personally use mine for canning in the fall to reduce the mess in the kitchen.
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'round here it's quite hard and minerally. Terrible for making beer.What's wrong with well water? Our well is tons better than Indy city water. Granted, we have a softener. No chlorine, no fish poo, no human poo...
Still trying to talk my wife into a "decorative" hand pump. For now, a genset works.