Gravity Fed Water System For House

Pipe is 1 1 2 black poly.

Gravity fed water system for house.

Leaving the house 0 75 inch black pipe goes 720 feet up a steep mountain slope beside the house to a pair of water barrels located in a narrow densely wooded draw by a stream. There is a filtration system at entry to house consisting of 2 5 micron filters and a uv filter. It consists of a cistern or holding tank at a higher elevation than the point of use. We recently purchased a home with gravity fed water system.

This upgrade makes the system capable of both filtering and purifying water in the wild. Since many of us off grid dwellers and tiny house owners do not have running water. Indoor plumbing has been around a long time but mostly for the wealthy. One of the most basic ways to build a running water system is the gravity fed system.

You can use this system to provide water to your shower gardens animal barns and even your whole house if you have it set up properly. This allows gravity to do all the work of moving the water through the system eliminating the need for a water pump whether mechanical or electric. The gravity fed water system is used to pull the water from springs streams creeks rain barrels and rivers upstream or uphill from the water source. The propur big countertop gravity water filter system rivals the berkey water system as its new proone g2 0 filter elements can remove viruses bacteria and cysts from water.

There is a covered reservoir about 4 deep 7 x 7. An off grid gravity fed water system is a great option for running water. Yes you can live without running water.