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   junkhound | Oct 16, 2007 05:30am | #1

   Cutoff the bottom of an old water heater, or 2.

   Have 2 old water heater tanks welded together 8 feet down for an outdoor sump.

   Been working for 35 years. Pump is a shaft driven 1950's garage sale B&G, but mostly drains by gravity.

   These days, you can get a pump that will last if well below freeze level for $40 BUCKS from HF.

   If you really want plastic, just buy a 10 ft piece of 5" grey sewer pipe and cut to length.

   The old water heater tanks are free (check craigslist, etc) and will last your lifetime unless in the oxide soil like Oahu or similar volcanic sulpher laden rock.

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   Miroho | Oct 17, 2007 06:39pm | #2

   Thanks for the ideas. Now I need calculate how big a well and what size pump. Recent rain was 2" per hour, for 3 hours, which was the worse I saw in the 15 yrs I lived in the house.

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   DanH | Oct 18, 2007 04:41am | #3

   Maybe you should be calculating how big an ark to build.(An acre-foot is approximately 325,851.42 gallons. An acre-inch would be 1/12th of that.)
   If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader