Tapping A Seep - Spring Water Collection System Install

This video details the planning and installation of a spring water collection system installed in Huasna Valley just outside Arroyo Grande, CA. The water was emerging from a fragile, broad sand-seam seep, necessitating a unique collection and filter package design. The system is now gathering 2,300 gallons per day of high quality water for the multi-generational family stewarding the ranch.

A huge thank you to the entire family - we had a great time working with you guys on this project! Thank you for getting muddy with us!

Also a huge gratitude to @engineer775 for all of his excellent educational content on springs, spring boxes and spring development - well worth diving into if you're looking to do a project like this yourself!

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[KKoKoRR]

When I see the thumbnail, I thought it was just one of the boring slide shows. I'm glad you're showing on it's place.

[theengineonfire]

Of all the water collection systems g this kind, yours is the most clear. You communicate well. Thank you!

[AshzG]

needed this video bad! thanks from the eastern pyrenees!

[JB-ymyy]

Loved sitting here following your vision and final design. I'm in the process of photo/technical documenting local spring houses, the soil and their varied construction styles in the Southeastern Pennsylvania area. Wish me luck, I'll need it.

[DJ-ukmm]

Great video thanks for sharing . If I was in your area I’d definitely use you guys 😀👍👍

[lauragraning]

Excellent work. Thank you for sharing.

[OBRfarm]

Such a great video. Appreciate your work. Wish I could get you out to our farm.

[J---C]

American HEROES. Patriots and good citizens of Earth want and deserve clean water! God bless.

[futurecaredesign]

Really loved seeing your thought process and installation! Do you think it would be possible to do a follow up video?

[barryeasterling]

Excellent video!!! I have the identical situation however I live in OH and need to burry all the lines and tanks due to freezing temperatures etc. Very helpful video. Any videos on purifying the water for drinking?

[peterkalinak]

I like the way you enjoy your work :) good luck

[freidrichnietzsche]

Wow! Sometimes the internet gives you exactly what you need! Glad I found this video and thankful that you made it so detailed!! I'm an architect and will be restoring a multi-generational farm/ranch in northwestern WV and have several springs that I need to excavate and decide how to best capture the water. I'm taking copious notes here!

New sub and I just found the channel but as this is somewhat out of my wheelhouse - what other resources/books/articles are out there for work and topics like this?

We have plenty heavy equipment and always the old faithful hickory handled backhoe ;)

Thanks again for the video and I look forward to following your channel!

[markginikos]

Good video. Good commentary. A few things i would recommend is watch what fabric you put in the seep collection. It will eventually fill up and need replaced. Could be a year could be 3 weeks. And i heard you say cow s frequently come through your seep field. Thats a no no in water collection. Just thoughts for further review . Cows pee is not good for a seep area.

[bitkrusher]

Thank you so much for the technical knowledge I've been messing with the springs we have on our property.The county will let us by pass a well...$500, 000 /180, 00 with a system like yours producing 1 gallon a min will pass the requirment.

[jillianbanks-kong]

Thank you so much for this! Would you be able to give a ballpark of what the client paid for that?

[kumatmebro]

Crazy to have a source of pristine water then run it through tons of plastic introducing all kinds of microplastic pollution and other chemicals

[offgridmangogrower]

This is really a great concept…..suggest a cover of fake grass to keep animals from defecating or a barrier cloth

Have something similar but source is from hard rock…

[owlswait]

Curious about what this project looks like currently; it seemed like there was a lot of mud that would eventually flow down the hill, endangering the bamboo rhizome barrier.

[alanwhite]

Did you use pvc pipe? Doesn’t it become brittle when exposed to the elements? Especially sunlight?

[paulkramer]

VERY nicely done. I've done several collection systems myself and have my own methods, but yours are very well done. One question, you mention downstream filtration. What were you considering or did you do? I've not had much luck with any filtration. Constant changing of filters, even sand filters, just didn't work. Finally I've gone to settling tanks. I let the water flow in on the bottom of a 300 gallon tank, and the exit is at the top of the tank. I generally do 2 tanks in a row that way and the result is that pretty much all of the sediment settles out in the first tank. Every 5 years or so, I just drain that tank. This method solved my constant problem of filtration being overloaded. Pumps hate silty water. I burned up a pump or two. Now I use submersible pumps, (no problem with freezing then) and I've had a Lorrentz in for more than 15 years in a Poly tank. Seems to be as good as it was when I put it in 15 ago. (course now it will probably go bad lol, but I will consider that great and just install a new pump)