Water supply system design and overhaul

[Squaredy]

My work site enjoys a private water supply - spring fed - and is shared with three houses.  It was established when the Forestry Commission built the houses and the workshop originally in the fifties and then added more buildings in the eighties.

 

What I am hoping for is help with suggestions on the way forward as two of the three chambers which help allow sediment to separate are now in a poor state of repair and ideally need replacing.

 

The originals are brick construction on a small concrete slab and the pointing is failing and the interior render is also failing and generally they are probably at the stage where they should be replaced not patched up again.

 

I assumed there would be an off the shelf option for a ready made chamber designed for drinking water where all we have to do is dig a hole, plumb it in and away we go.  As far as I can see most off the shelf chambers are designed for above ground use or for foul water.  This needs to be suitable for use mainly buried.  The current chambers are at a guess about a cubic metre each, maybe a bit less.

 

Any thoughts or pointers fellow arbtalkers?

[eggsarascal]

15 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

My work site enjoys a private water supply - spring fed - and is shared with three houses.  It was established when the Forestry Commission built the houses and the workshop originally in the fifties and then added more buildings in the eighties.

 

What I am hoping for is help with suggestions on the way forward as two of the three chambers which help allow sediment to separate are now in a poor state of repair and ideally need replacing.

 

The originals are brick construction on a small concrete slab and the pointing is failing and the interior render is also failing and generally they are probably at the stage where they should be replaced not patched up again.

 

I assumed there would be an off the shelf option for a ready made chamber designed for drinking water where all we have to do is dig a hole, plumb it in and away we go.  As far as I can see most off the shelf chambers are designed for above ground use or for foul water.  This needs to be suitable for use mainly buried.  The current chambers are at a guess about a cubic metre each, maybe a bit less.

 

Any thoughts or pointers fellow arbtalkers?

Speak to Sam 

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[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

Speak to Sam 

4i Pumping Services | Buy Fresh Water and Sewage Pumps Here

4IPUMPINGSERVICES.CO.UK

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Thank you Mr Eggs, I had a feeling you might have a suggestion or two...

[Woodworks]

We have a spring supply with a tank in what sounds like a similar condition.

 

Will be interested in what you find out as we are still making do with patching it periodically 

 

My only plan was to cast a new one in situ but its a fair undertaking 

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Thank you Mr Eggs, I had a feeling you might have a suggestion or two...

He knows his stuff for a young fella, although his side of the business is foul/waste water the other side deal solely in potable Water.

[Squaredy]

26 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

He knows his stuff for a young fella, although his side of the business is foul/waste water the other side deal solely in potable Water.

I will speak to him, thank you.

[david lawrence]

We had exactly that problem

had a new plastic tank  buried adjacent to old brick one with spoil filling old tank

then plastic pipe moled in

 

On good terms with neighbours so no probs with access and new post and rail round tank 

 

 

[drinksloe]

I was in a very similar set up to u a few years back the collectning pipes silted up so supply went dry plus a leak and the usual lack of care when a few houses ( 8 on our system)

U sort of forget and take it for granted, i was just new at the time.

 

I'm sure at the time we just googfed it and a few options came up, we were looking for now holding tanks thou, ended up just getting new lids for them and a few other things.

 

The neighbours wanted a company in which was fine, althou they have bolted all the lids down so a real pain to open and see wots going on inside.

Even if they were hinged and shut securely

Personally i think i would of made them easier to open, not even as if all the same fittings some bolted, some tech screwed

 

Is ur tanks/pipes still on FC ground?

That might be ur biggest baw ache dealing with them esp if u need diggers/machinery involved, best avoidnig if u can or gets complicated.

 

To be honest u could really use almost any plastic or fibre glass ( potable water safe) container and just bore a tank conector to it.

 

Tomorrows job is doing something similar, putting some new sediment catches in wot i call my 'hilly billy supply' just a ipe that runs of a small ditch/burn that fills some IBCs up the hill above me and i use it for 'outside' water, mainly dog kennels pressure washing etc.

Then i don't need to worry about using the communal system, been busy pressure washing the past 2 days and don't ned to worry wot the neighbours think.

 

Not sure yet if going to use paving slabs or concrete as the base and some bricks as sub dividers so should be easy to shovel up the silt.

it then flows n to a mineral lick tub with a tank connector