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Good call running it down the sewer drain. I'd assumed ya might be on septic, & you must have been posting that while I mentioned hauling it off.
Fiver would be arrested down in Bellevue, Brad. It would be comical while it lasted tho. I know a guy received a speeding ticket for 1mph over down there. Even the state patrol guys I know don't much care for Bellevue police.
Fiver would be arrested down in Bellevue, Brad. It would be comical while it lasted tho. I know a guy received a speeding ticket for 1mph over down there. Even the state patrol guys I know don't much care for Bellevue police.
A good thing about them gang bangers is that it's pretty tough to find one that can actually shoot. Stands to reason though, anyone that holds the gun sideways most likely isn't a trained marksman. There is at least one that can shoot though, I was in the L.A. County Morgue one night when they brought a guy in with the most perfectly centered bullet hole in the middle of his forehead.
fiver
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well a little update.
we had a little meeting with the neighbors and the Mayor showed up with some charts and Graphs.
one of the graphs definitely shows the earthquakes were having an effect on what's happening.
another overview he had clearly showed the aquifer we are dealing with.
the underground aquifer is about 2-2.5 times the size of our above ground reservoir.
the bad news is about 75% of it is uphill from us so it's pressurizing our end and forcing the water into any cracks and seams it can find.
the good news is they are aware of the situation and are calling in some help [rolling my eyes, help means study the situation]
they are also going to start a little construction job on the street below mine, during that work they are going to look for a couple of drain pipes that people know are there somewhere but there are no records of.
they are also going to be sinking some kind of well there.
IMO as soon as that 8" drill breaks into the aquifer they aren't going to know what to do with the water that comes out.
there is a couple that have been fighting this for years and this year it has got out of their control, and for many this is the first time they have had an issue.
anyway I got to meet a bunch of the neighbors I didn't know were neighbors, and many that I knew were neighbors but had never spoke to before.
I found out enough to know I don't have it anywhere near bad compared to almost all of them.
we had a little meeting with the neighbors and the Mayor showed up with some charts and Graphs.
one of the graphs definitely shows the earthquakes were having an effect on what's happening.
another overview he had clearly showed the aquifer we are dealing with.
the underground aquifer is about 2-2.5 times the size of our above ground reservoir.
the bad news is about 75% of it is uphill from us so it's pressurizing our end and forcing the water into any cracks and seams it can find.
the good news is they are aware of the situation and are calling in some help [rolling my eyes, help means study the situation]
they are also going to start a little construction job on the street below mine, during that work they are going to look for a couple of drain pipes that people know are there somewhere but there are no records of.
they are also going to be sinking some kind of well there.
IMO as soon as that 8" drill breaks into the aquifer they aren't going to know what to do with the water that comes out.
there is a couple that have been fighting this for years and this year it has got out of their control, and for many this is the first time they have had an issue.
anyway I got to meet a bunch of the neighbors I didn't know were neighbors, and many that I knew were neighbors but had never spoke to before.
I found out enough to know I don't have it anywhere near bad compared to almost all of them.
fiver
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they could use it for drinking water or irrigation no problem.
if I was still working I'd take a sample to work with me and do a full work up on it, but after testing a couple thousand gallons of water 1 oz at a time I can say with certainty is that this water is actually better than the spring they use now.
it doesn't have the calcium and minerals the city water has.
water is a funny thing around here.
we have so much of it that it just gets pumped or diverted off to the river, but the access to it is guarded like fort Knox.
one valley will be almost a swamp and the next one over looks like Wyoming in august.
I have seen the same thing run along fence lines.
if I was still working I'd take a sample to work with me and do a full work up on it, but after testing a couple thousand gallons of water 1 oz at a time I can say with certainty is that this water is actually better than the spring they use now.
it doesn't have the calcium and minerals the city water has.
water is a funny thing around here.
we have so much of it that it just gets pumped or diverted off to the river, but the access to it is guarded like fort Knox.
one valley will be almost a swamp and the next one over looks like Wyoming in august.
I have seen the same thing run along fence lines.
Pistolero
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If the pizometric surface locally is above ground level, or the basement level....UH, OH.
I central Fla, where I lived in my teen thru middle 20s years, most places the pizometric
surface was about 10-50 ft below ground level. There were two places nearby where it went
above grade. There were pipes put in and "flowing wells" (artesian wells) ran there. VERY
pure water, some in that part of Florida have sulphur water so they would get drinking water
from the flowing wells. Others just wanted it because they figured it was extra pure.
A good friend has worked for the Florida Water Management District in that area since we
went to college, got a chart of the pizometric surface. It varies quite a bit, higher in some areas,
lower in others. Ocassionally, negative values, meaning it will rise above grade if given access,
via a natural opening (spring) or a pipe (artesian well).
In any case, you need to figure a way to put a pipe in from the basement to a spot on the surface
downhill enough somewhere to let it flow away naturally. Paying money to try to lower the
pizometric surface is a losing proposition, for sure. Not going to beat Mother Nature easily.
Bill
I central Fla, where I lived in my teen thru middle 20s years, most places the pizometric
surface was about 10-50 ft below ground level. There were two places nearby where it went
above grade. There were pipes put in and "flowing wells" (artesian wells) ran there. VERY
pure water, some in that part of Florida have sulphur water so they would get drinking water
from the flowing wells. Others just wanted it because they figured it was extra pure.
A good friend has worked for the Florida Water Management District in that area since we
went to college, got a chart of the pizometric surface. It varies quite a bit, higher in some areas,
lower in others. Ocassionally, negative values, meaning it will rise above grade if given access,
via a natural opening (spring) or a pipe (artesian well).
In any case, you need to figure a way to put a pipe in from the basement to a spot on the surface
downhill enough somewhere to let it flow away naturally. Paying money to try to lower the
pizometric surface is a losing proposition, for sure. Not going to beat Mother Nature easily.
Bill
Rally
NC Minnesota
Bill,
The mines here divert water, some times for years, to gain access to minerals. In short, they just dig canals lower than the areas they need to mine, or dig sink holes and pump it to diversion areas. Flow rates are controlled by water control structures, to keep from lowering the water tables and effecting shallow residential wells. When they are done they landscape the beds, and let it fill naturally, to form lakes. Lots of lakes here that were manmade on the iron range. Some like 140-160' deep. Lots of politics in moving water, even short term. Beaver don't run for government offices, they just like the new poplar growing on the shores.
The mines here divert water, some times for years, to gain access to minerals. In short, they just dig canals lower than the areas they need to mine, or dig sink holes and pump it to diversion areas. Flow rates are controlled by water control structures, to keep from lowering the water tables and effecting shallow residential wells. When they are done they landscape the beds, and let it fill naturally, to form lakes. Lots of lakes here that were manmade on the iron range. Some like 140-160' deep. Lots of politics in moving water, even short term. Beaver don't run for government offices, they just like the new poplar growing on the shores.