jack.diamond
Well-known member
I am in the process of converting a ten acre pasture to a Tifton 85 hayfield. In my part of Texas we have been hit hard the past few years with droughts, so I have considered irrigating this pasture. So I started looking at water volumes to irrigate. One inch of rain on one acre of ground equates to 27,154 gallons of water and it weighs 133.3 tons. Might be trivial information, but that's a lot of water to have to pump from a well and I want to do 10 acres. My wells include two that are 4 inch and 200 feet deep and then the water well for the house is only 69 feet deep. I thought about some kind of a cistern to collect water, but then I look at the volume I would need and the size of the cistern would have to be huge. I need some ideas. And I'm already praying for rain.
Thanks.
Jack
Thanks.
Jack