RainWater
I am unhappy to report that it did NOT rain yesterday despite a forecast of 70% to the contrary. Indeed it has rained only 0.06 inches this entire month of June.
This unhappiness was compounded by an absence of well water right in the middle of cleaning the deck yeserday afternoon. That, coupled with the CFO's sudden urge on Sunday to wash every piece of fabric in the house — excepting, of course, my dirty underwear — apparently was just too much for our access to the local aquifer.
What to do?
I have running water again this morning but no idea of exactly how much. When the well was dug (drilled actually) in 1999, the filling rate was half a gallon a minute at 375 feet. So, I should have a 300 gallon reservoir filled in 10 hours. That's normally enough without the exception usage of the last few days.
The next forecast for rain is this weekend. We are going to the Wayne Henderson Music Festival this Saturday and that always seems to bring a nice rain shower late in the afternoon!
This unhappiness was compounded by an absence of well water right in the middle of cleaning the deck yeserday afternoon. That, coupled with the CFO's sudden urge on Sunday to wash every piece of fabric in the house — excepting, of course, my dirty underwear — apparently was just too much for our access to the local aquifer.
What to do?
I have running water again this morning but no idea of exactly how much. When the well was dug (drilled actually) in 1999, the filling rate was half a gallon a minute at 375 feet. So, I should have a 300 gallon reservoir filled in 10 hours. That's normally enough without the exception usage of the last few days.
The next forecast for rain is this weekend. We are going to the Wayne Henderson Music Festival this Saturday and that always seems to bring a nice rain shower late in the afternoon!
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