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I am contemplating a water supply pipe for four residential houses located on a cay where there is no water (except rain water caught in
cisterns) and the nearest public water source is across a bay to one of two locations. The first is approximately 3/4 miles away and the other about 2 miles. The shorter one involves right of way issues, the longer, not. What kind of pipe can be used for this submerged installation and what diameter pipe should be considered adequate? I am trying to evaluate different scenarios and costs and am loathe to have an elaborate R.O. desal plant and all the requisite systems maintenance and expense associate to these systems...not the least of which is electricity to run the high pressure pumps (we have no power grid here but live totally solar with perfectly adequate results). Water is really the only significant obstacle here. It is possible that this supply need not be potable so different pipe materials may be appropriate for irrigation.
Thanks, Hugh T
Elizabeth Island, Exuma, Bahamas
cisterns) and the nearest public water source is across a bay to one of two locations. The first is approximately 3/4 miles away and the other about 2 miles. The shorter one involves right of way issues, the longer, not. What kind of pipe can be used for this submerged installation and what diameter pipe should be considered adequate? I am trying to evaluate different scenarios and costs and am loathe to have an elaborate R.O. desal plant and all the requisite systems maintenance and expense associate to these systems...not the least of which is electricity to run the high pressure pumps (we have no power grid here but live totally solar with perfectly adequate results). Water is really the only significant obstacle here. It is possible that this supply need not be potable so different pipe materials may be appropriate for irrigation.
Thanks, Hugh T
Elizabeth Island, Exuma, Bahamas