The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store, and Conserve It [Paperback]

Stu Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 1983

Knowledgeable discussion of home water systems, potential water problems, and practical, money-saving solutions.

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From the Back Cover

If you live in the country or suburbs, you've had, are having, or will have water problems.

What's yours? Not enough water? Too much? Tastes terrible? The pump quits? The water's contaminated?

No matter what it is, author Stu Campbell addresses it in this book, and offers down-to-earth solutions in language understandable to all of us who aren't plumbers.

Campbell had coped with water problems in both the East and the West, from the many-state shortages of the West to a cantankerous pump in Vermont. And he's probed the minds of experts -- dowsers, well diggers, plumbers, electricians, and those who know about the flow of water deep underground.

In a friendly, knowledgeable manner, Campbell discusses your difficulties. He provides concrete and money-saving answers to questions that range from locating water to digging a pond to hooking up the plumbing in your home. You'll know when to try something yourself, when to call a plumber or other expert.

You'll learn

-- How to find water.

-- How to move it.

-- How to purify it.

-- And how to store and distribute it in your home.

Bob Vogel's illustrations take much of the mystery out of things as the underground flow of water and how pumps and other water-linked equipment operate.

About the Author

Stu Campbell is an accomplished gardener and the author of The Home Water Supply, Let It Rot!, Mulch It!, and Improving Your Soil.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 10, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882663240
• ISBN-13: 978-0882663241
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Water Supply & Land Use

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great source for home water system design and storage., January 25, 2001

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Clinton J. Fisher (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store, and Conserve It (Paperback)

This book covers nearly every situation one may encounter in water procurement, perhaps the only subject not covered is hauling water to a completely dry site.

The focus of this book is necessarily on shallow wells, as deep wells require professional drilling, never the less the author covers well pumps, casing, storage devices and filtration systems with enough technical detail to meet most needs. Deep wells and methods are covered, just not in detail.

If you need to know how to identify and correct contamination you'll find it here. Need to compute water needs? Pump and storage specifications? Those are also here. In fact, you'll be pleased with the technical details and comparisons in an easy to read style.

I must have missed the new age stuff or at least forgot it as I read the whole book.

If you want to find water in a rural area, and develop it yourself, this is the book. I would not recommend "Cottage Water Systems" if you want detail on well systems.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, practical, and fun to read., September 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store, and Conserve It (Paperback)

Covers everything from finding water to getting it to treating it and controlling it. Describes ponds, catchments (roofs and paved areas), wells of several different kinds, springs, and running water.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, October 15, 1998

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This review is from: The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store, and Conserve It (Paperback)

I bought this book based on the review from the NC reader. This is a great book on the topic. Easy read, good examples, great information. If you are looking to get into well work or building a lateral system, get this book.