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Old 04-15-2010, 07:38 PM
 
Location: New Jersey soon to be Montana
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Hello, I will be moving to Montana (near Glasgow) and wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions or comments about hauling water. Thanks
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Old 04-16-2010, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Bozeman, Montana
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I'm not quite sure what you are asking.
Have you bought a property without a well or municipal water services?
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Old 04-17-2010, 08:18 PM
 
Location: New Jersey soon to be Montana
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Yes, we bought 40 acres and built a house on it just outside of Glasgow. We did not have a well dug. Our contractor told us they will be running a rural water route, but it may be a few years. So we have a 300 gal. water tank in the basement but we will have to haul water every few days. This is all new to me.
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Old 04-18-2010, 01:03 PM
 
Location: Bozeman, Montana
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Got it. From your first question, it wasn't clear if you wanted to start a water hauling business or if you needed to haul water.
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Old 04-18-2010, 07:36 PM
 
Location: In The Outland
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Try to put your storage tank or water tank truck in the shade and use a chlorinated source to fill up and your water will stay nice longer and your tank wont get as much algae build up in it.
You also don't want any water bugs to get in there. No one wants a "water-boatman" to come flopping out of a faucet into a drinking glass.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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Most places where hauling water is common have services that will do it for you, delivering treated city water.
If you do not wish to avail yourself of these services, you will need a heavy duty pickup (preferably four wheel drive, you WILL want to haul water in the winter!), and/or a trailer to carry a large poly tank to haul your own water. Most towns will have a fill station to fill the tanks, and from what I understand, the cost of using it is not too bad. I know there are at least two of them in Billings.
I know of two different delivery services here, too.
You will need a 3/4 or one ton truck, water is HEAVY!
Have fun!
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Old 04-20-2010, 05:43 AM
 
Location: NW Montana
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Yes, we bought 40 acres and built a house on it just outside of Glasgow. We did not have a well dug. Our contractor told us they will be running a rural water route, but it may be a few years. So we have a 300 gal. water tank in the basement but we will have to haul water every few days. This is all new to me.
Tell more about this water route if you have time.
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Old 04-20-2010, 07:14 AM
 
Location: Nebraska
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Is drilling a well absolutely out of the question? After hauling water for a year even $20,000 or more to drill a well will seem like a good idea. Montana should have underground water maps available. If not check with the U.S. Geological Service. With all the oil field exploration going on in the area underground water sources should be on record.

Good Luck,
GL2
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Old 04-20-2010, 09:11 AM
 
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Is drilling a well absolutely out of the question? After hauling water for a year even $20,000 or more to drill a well will seem like a good idea. Montana should have underground water maps available. If not check with the U.S. Geological Service. With all the oil field exploration going on in the area underground water sources should be on record.

Good Luck,
GL2
To my understanding the availability of water can be so fickle in places that are not along a river/lake that even if there are maps of underground water, they will be very general, and won't reflect the smaller aquifers. Your neighbor may have a fantastic well, but you may have to drill several times on your own property to find water, and it may be at a different level--all depending on the geology, of course. Our neighbors have relied on oldfashioned dowsers! One has a great well, the other hauls. We don't know what to do yet! (Our property is on the NWMT/North Idaho border, so it's quite different from the Glasgow area.)
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Old 04-21-2010, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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Quite often, so I have heard, driling a well in Eastern Montana will get water, but it will be so alkaline that not even livestock will drink it. It is said that some areas of the state have no market for antacids, because the water is so naturally alkaline that you don't need them.
Then again, some areas have water that is high in iron compounds. It stinks, and tastes horrible!
But, you can move over a few feet, drill into a different aquifer, and get really good water. sometimes.
It is often cheaper and quicker to put in a cistern and haul water.
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