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I need a pump- recommendations?
OK, so here is what I'm envisioning/planning.
I want to be able to do a couple things with this pump. It will be pumping water out of a pond first and foremost. Intermittent usage. Primary usage will be for backup irrigation to a garden area right now out of range of our existing irrigation setup. Secondary usage would be to use for additional firefighting capability, coupled to 2" pipe with outlets at various places around the homestead.
The first two parts are easy enough right? OK here's the third part.
So the SHTF and it's a couple years in. It's been more than a few years since you pumped your septic and.....
Yes I realize this is mostly solids. I've been there every time ours have been pumped and yeah, it's not pretty.
But going out to poop in the woods regularly because your septic is full would further complicate security and OPSEC issues.
I've thought a lot about how to deal with this problem. Seriously, what are your options?
1. Lower your prisoners in and give them buckets (mental note, borrow a few from Protus), hand the filled buckets up to (NOT ME!!!) another prisoner who then carries it out and-
A. Buries it.
B. Bakes it and sells it on the side of the road as post apoc brownies
C. Throws it in the neighbor you don't like's water supply.
D. Possibly use it for fertilizer on someone's (NOT ME!!!) plants?
2. Get in MOPP 4 and do the fecal fishing yourself- see above. Maybe it IS time to snatch a few prisoners??? ;)
3. Use big rake (borrowed from neighbors), pump water into tank, use rake to break up solid, keep water flowing into top (scum layer) and try to use a "trash" or "semi trash" type pump (see above) to pump the slurry out and over the fence to the neighbors swimming pool.
Seriously, what else could you do with your septic? Yes I know it's supposed to go away on it's own, don't use bleach in your toilets, put the little septic enzyme deal in there and all that. But we have had ours pumped twice in 11 years boots on the ground and each time solids were to the top. No problems in the house, but maybe we were just lucky??
Now add for opsec sake "more than a few" more people to the mix in the house and the problem may be compounded.
"Build an outhouse" is the easy answer, let's seriously wargame this.
What type of pump could be used for the irrigation, potentially used for firefighting and potentially used for spraying poop slurry at beggars approaching the gate... I meant to say helping the neighbors fertilize their tomatoes!! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Ideas? Comments?
I want to be able to do a couple things with this pump. It will be pumping water out of a pond first and foremost. Intermittent usage. Primary usage will be for backup irrigation to a garden area right now out of range of our existing irrigation setup. Secondary usage would be to use for additional firefighting capability, coupled to 2" pipe with outlets at various places around the homestead.
The first two parts are easy enough right? OK here's the third part.
So the SHTF and it's a couple years in. It's been more than a few years since you pumped your septic and.....
Yes I realize this is mostly solids. I've been there every time ours have been pumped and yeah, it's not pretty.
But going out to poop in the woods regularly because your septic is full would further complicate security and OPSEC issues.
I've thought a lot about how to deal with this problem. Seriously, what are your options?
1. Lower your prisoners in and give them buckets (mental note, borrow a few from Protus), hand the filled buckets up to (NOT ME!!!) another prisoner who then carries it out and-
A. Buries it.
B. Bakes it and sells it on the side of the road as post apoc brownies
C. Throws it in the neighbor you don't like's water supply.
D. Possibly use it for fertilizer on someone's (NOT ME!!!) plants?
2. Get in MOPP 4 and do the fecal fishing yourself- see above. Maybe it IS time to snatch a few prisoners??? ;)
3. Use big rake (borrowed from neighbors), pump water into tank, use rake to break up solid, keep water flowing into top (scum layer) and try to use a "trash" or "semi trash" type pump (see above) to pump the slurry out and over the fence to the neighbors swimming pool.
Seriously, what else could you do with your septic? Yes I know it's supposed to go away on it's own, don't use bleach in your toilets, put the little septic enzyme deal in there and all that. But we have had ours pumped twice in 11 years boots on the ground and each time solids were to the top. No problems in the house, but maybe we were just lucky??
Now add for opsec sake "more than a few" more people to the mix in the house and the problem may be compounded.
"Build an outhouse" is the easy answer, let's seriously wargame this.
What type of pump could be used for the irrigation, potentially used for firefighting and potentially used for spraying poop slurry at beggars approaching the gate... I meant to say helping the neighbors fertilize their tomatoes!! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Ideas? Comments?
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