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24 viewsThe 1600 liter water tank. This tank has an electronic valve which allows the tank to drop to 1/2 full (or are you thinking 'half empty'?) before turning the pump on to refill it. There are two pumps used, one pumps from the tank to the house and one pumps from the well to the tank. (02-Jul-04)dozer
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24 viewsThe small bathroom with 4" PVC for the toilet.dozer
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24 viewsThe row of septics is dug behind the house. There are two groups of pairs of septics. From this side the sequence would be toilet, water runoff, water runoff, toilet. dozer
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24 viewsThe small bathroom being prepared for a cement pour. Sand has been leveled and the wire put in place. The bathroom will be sloped to allow the runoff water to flow to the floor drain.dozer
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24 viewsUnder the patio runs this PVC which feeds the lighting on the wall and then runs to the pumps. (03-Jun-04)dozer
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24 viewsNow we go about placing stone on the outside of the well rings.dozer
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24 viewsAfter the water has been pumped out of the well, you can see a large hole in the bottom which needs to be patched. (24-Jan-04) dozer
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24 viewsLater on the upper part of the well he cemented between the rings to prevent water from flowing in from the sides in the upper portion of the well.dozer
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24 viewsend 5 Minutes Saved, the Story of DIRTY WATER!: Water is such a precious resource. How one short cut which saved the well digger 5 minutes of time could lead to such problems! Oh well, tit (this is Thailand). Now the water is clear as can be seen in this shot. (19-Aug-04) dozer
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24 viewsTypical two storey Thai construction, with wood on top and the lower floor of cement.dozer
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24 viewsHere the well is now prepared for a cement base.dozer
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24 viewsQuite amazingly, originally, the well digger had put in big chunks of broken up blocks instead of rocks, thus saving about 20 minutes of labor time. Later we dug these blocks out from the side of the well.dozer
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