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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1648367" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>Thanks for the replies. I looked at the link Brute 23 provided. I contacted them and their systems start at around $4000. I am hoping for something less expensive, but I really appreciate the link.</p><p></p><p> We don't dare leave the ranch for more than a day or two between July and October, for fear of a leak leaving the cattle without water. The springs and small creeks kept up for all but maybe late August to early September for many years, but this long term drought has changed that. We use to leave the well running as back-up to the system, 24 hours per day. We are nervous to do that now, because if that well fails, we don't have water to the house. Now we check the water in the highest storage tank each morning and then run water until we top it off. A few days ago we found that tank almost dry and the lower 3000 gallon tank completely dry. There was a stock tank overflowing about a mile down into the valley and it had drained the whole system in a little over a day. We really need some kind of warning system, so we can catch these leaks before those tanks are empty.</p><p></p><p>Our local fishing Association installed an alarm on a tank where they raised juvenile salmon up in the mountains. We purchased a tracphone and hooked it to the system. It would call someone when the water levels were out of certain perimeters. I know it was somewhere between $1200 and $1500 for the whole system. I was hoping for something cheaper, but if I don't find anything else, it might be worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1648367, member: 9933"] Thanks for the replies. I looked at the link Brute 23 provided. I contacted them and their systems start at around $4000. I am hoping for something less expensive, but I really appreciate the link. We don't dare leave the ranch for more than a day or two between July and October, for fear of a leak leaving the cattle without water. The springs and small creeks kept up for all but maybe late August to early September for many years, but this long term drought has changed that. We use to leave the well running as back-up to the system, 24 hours per day. We are nervous to do that now, because if that well fails, we don't have water to the house. Now we check the water in the highest storage tank each morning and then run water until we top it off. A few days ago we found that tank almost dry and the lower 3000 gallon tank completely dry. There was a stock tank overflowing about a mile down into the valley and it had drained the whole system in a little over a day. We really need some kind of warning system, so we can catch these leaks before those tanks are empty. Our local fishing Association installed an alarm on a tank where they raised juvenile salmon up in the mountains. We purchased a tracphone and hooked it to the system. It would call someone when the water levels were out of certain perimeters. I know it was somewhere between $1200 and $1500 for the whole system. I was hoping for something cheaper, but if I don't find anything else, it might be worth it. [/QUOTE]
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