Watering with dirty water from a clay bottom lake?

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Gsplover11

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #1

My pump went today and it cant be fixed until the spring,i am on the water,the lake has a clay bottom so the water is always dirty.my question is can i use this water to water my plants with all winter?i have an ice auger,a pump and i have a ski doo with a nice sleigh.i can fill up 6 buckets at a time....no problem at all.
So does anyone know if i can do this?

 

tree beard

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #2

I'd be worried about some kind of dormant insect larva in the water. Anyway to filter or boil it?

 

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Gsplover11

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #3

Not really...

 

Billy the Mountain

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #4

Without any filtration, you're rolling the dice.
You don't have to go so far as an RO filter, but a basic sediment filter would be a good idea.

 

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Gsplover11

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #5

And there is no town water in my area

Billy the Mountain said:

Without any filtration, you're rolling the dice.
You don't have to go so far as an RO filter, but a basic sediment filter would be a good idea.

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That is a great idea!!didnt even consider it...thank you man!!!
Ill get this and do the filtering in my fish house when warm and tow the buckets of water back home.

https://www.amazon.ca/3-Stage-Porta...2&psc=1&mcid=afc43f1a230b323b9aa7bc5fb9390c3c

 

Last edited: Nov 19, 2023

Fangthane

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #6

I've never used an RO system, but I was kinda under the impression that they were more for dealing with water that wasn't all that bad to begin with. Wouldn't you need to filter out the larger particles before running it through RO? At the very least, it seems that you'd go through filters much faster with lake water.

 

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Gsplover11

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #7

Im just going to use a one stage filter.....
Im not going to do ro...too much of a pain

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00523AMBC/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

 

HydoDan

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• Nov 19, 2023

• #8

Check the PH and PPM/EC so you know what you got.. Single filter should work fine..

 

Last edited: Nov 19, 2023

hillbill

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• Nov 25, 2023

• #9

I use livewell water quite often