Nam Papa

[serrollt]

Anyone else in the sticks got public water supplied to their house?

The missus proudly informed me 2 months ago the municipality completed work and we'd get water from the nearby reservoir instead of from the muddy shared bore across the street.

So far, so good, wasn't keen on it since we've been fine without it (2 large rainwater tanks).

Apparently, the genius planning wasn't limited to our village, but a large number of new users in various villages have been happily watering their gardens and washing their (almost) new cars (thanks to the government first time buyers bonus scheme).
Now a distressed missus informs me that the reservoir has dried up - no more public water for now, and the communal bore is dry as well.
During my time, there never has been a water shortage Nov/Dec.

She wants me to finance a private deep bore in our garden, as some neighbours have already...

Should I give in to this madness?

[sabang]

Water is the stuff of life- live in a palace without water, you might as well be in a slum. I would spend what it takes to ensure water sufficiency- both of my places have wells, even down in Pattaya the Nongprue water supply is a disgrace. We are glad to have the well, and up here it is our sole water source.

[troy]

Our village has a water tower. I thought the majority had nowadays even in the most rural of areas. Pump is on for 2 hours in the morning and 4 in the evening. We have a separate bore hole 40m deep for the garden.

[serrollt]

It just seems crazy to me to have 3 different water supplies and then dig another hole for a 4th one. Looks like a status symbol thing to me.

No water tower here, just a few shared wells and one's own rain water. It's not a dry region, it floods every year.
But then, with the "improved" drainage and everybody washing their cars...

[Norton]

No tower here either. If really no water you're stuck with no option. Hate it when that happens.

[Panama Hat]

No tower here either. If really no water you're stuck with no option. Hate it when that happens.

Golden showers?

[Texpat]

I think I'll wash my car today ... twice.

Plenty of water here year-round. It comes from the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai.

[ltnt]

Notall hand dug wells produce clean usable water. The cost of digging a well is nothing, the cost of the pump is the cost.

Dig the well, deep, insert concrete reinforced pipe rings the total length, and add two additional rings at the top. Make a cocrete pad for your pump, install pump on pad, pipe up, run electrics inside conduit, bury if you need to protect both water line and electric. Ground pump. Still no guarantee you'll have water year round.