Sprinkler system

[v1ru5879]

Dunno if this is the place to ask, but any have some knowledge of sprinkler systems to give me some info on getting my submersible pump with ditch water to run the sprinklers. On our property we have water rights and unfortunately they property was never setup to make full use of thr river water we have access to

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[hsvtoolfool]

While feasible, using lake/river water always sounds like a lot of
maintenance trouble to me. Everything in irrigation systems are
vulnerable to algae, silt, sand, rocks, snails, tadpoles, tiny fish, etc.
So you must use a good filter system before the pump intake so
it won't clog, then filter the pump output yet again using an even
finer mesh so the valves and spray heads won't clog. Even so, I
anticipate you will clean the screens and filters several times
each season.

My best advise is to speak with the folks at Sprinkler Warehouse.
They helped me DIY spray/drip my front yard and their prices are
hard to beat...

www.sprinklerwarehouse.com

An excellent resource for DIY irrigation is to read ALL of Jess Stryker's
tutorials. He's a landscape architect and an irrigation specialist with
lots of experience. His free web site has been around a long time.
Jess's advice will save you tons of money if you take the time to
read, understand, and follow his experience...

www.irrigationtutorials.com

 

[v1ru5879]

Thanks for the info. I have been doing some reading and I think I have come up with a solution

 

[sberry]

Having a river to pull from for irrigation can be a good thing. It can make it cheap to pump.

 

[v1ru5879]

Having a river to pull from for irrigation can be a good thing. It can make it cheap to pump.

Definitely is a big assest I just wish the property would have been property set up. I am having to figure it all out from scratch really. Aside from trenching about 200' this will work for now lol

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[pgk]

We've been pulling out of a lake for irrigation for 20 years and rarely have any clogging issues, were just using one of the plastic well points, I recently saw some info on these guys https://bigfootmanufacturing.com/40g-and-80g-filters and have heard very good things about thier filters, I believe that you can run thier filters with or without media. I wouldn't go to fine on any filtration in front of the pump if it gets clogged or there is air leak between the pump and water source the motor/pump won't know and continue to run until it burns one or both out, been there done that. If you end up just using the more inexpensive plastic well point make sure you pressure wash it when it's pulled out of service in the fall, ours gets a lime/ calcium build up and will eventually plug it up, best to pressure wash it before it dries. I think we have two or three backup plastic points that I switch out after every season. I made a PVC container out of 3 1/2" just large enough for the point to slide into and fill it with muriatic acid, let it set for a few hours then pressure wash them, they come out like new, if they are cleaned before drying you shouldn't have to acid soak them. We installed a pressure tank on ours so we can run additional bibs off the pump without having to run over and kick a zone on. Our lake water is very pretty soft so it works good for washing vehicle too. I also buy quite a bit from sprinklerwarehouse too, their prices are good but a little slow on shipping unless you want to pay the big bucks..
Pete

 

[Provincial]

Filtration depends on the size of the nozzles on your sprinkler heads. You need a screen smaller than the smallest opening in the sprinkler. Impact sprinklers have larger nozzles than fixed head sprinklers.

Put the screen on the inlet side of the pump. This protects the pump and nothing should get into the system after that point.