Water Development for Homesteaders

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Where the water table is fairly close to the ground surface, a well can be advantageously dug. Depths of from 10 to 40 feet are common. A circular hole, about 40-inches in diameter is usual: being round it is less apt to cave in.
Where the water table is fairly close to the ground surface, a well can be advantageously dug. Depths of from 10 to 40 feet are common. A circular hole, about 40-inches in diameter is usual: being round it is less apt to cave in.
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The hydrologic cycle.
The hydrologic cycle.
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Concrete cylindrical tank.
Concrete cylindrical tank.
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Structure of pumps.
Structure of pumps.
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Well construction methods.
Well construction methods.
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Horizontal well drilling equipment.
Horizontal well drilling equipment.
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Evolution of the wood roof.
Evolution of the wood roof.
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Glulam bean of wood roof.
Glulam bean of wood roof.

Ken Kern, author of The Owner-Built Home and The Owner-Built Homestead, is an amazing fellow and everyone interested in decentralist, back-to-the-land, rational living should know of his work. Back in 1948 he began collecting information on low-cost, simple and natural construction materials and techniques. He combed the world for ideas, tried them and started writing about his experiments.

Eventually, Mildred Loomis started publishing Kern’s articles in The Interpreter, Way Out and Green Revolution. Ken has also issued a three year series of pieces (called Technic) on his own and a greenhouse-sun pit design of his has been featured in Organic Gardening.

This series of Ken Kern’s work is being taken both from The Owner-Built Home (already published) and The Owner-Built Homestead (to be published).

–MOTHER EARTH NEWS

The Owner-Built Homestead: Chapter 3 Water Development

  • Published on Sep 1, 1971
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