I managed a water system for four properties with a 14 acre watershed. Whether you can do this will most likely be determine by the health epartment in your county. Most places that I have been frown on open water sources because they are easy to contminate. We had a small dam with a clean out for the holding pond. We had a pumphouse that sat over the concrete plenum. The water flowed out of the spring, into the holding pond, through the pump house plenum, and into the creek. The pump and the electrical panel were in the pump house. We had a 10,0000 gallon concrete reservior, ~110 feet above the pump plenum with a float switch that turned the pump on to keep the reservior full. The reservior was at a high point above all the properties and the water flowed by gravity oever a couple of miles of 6 inch pipe. We had to clean the holding pond, plenum, and the reservior out yearly because of leaf debris that got into the pond and sediment that got pumped into the reservior.
We had problems in the winter with the electrical line from the float switch being damaged by falling limbs (and once by a black bear!). Developing a spring is very dependent of each individual site and the sizing of the resevior depends on the spring minimum flow rate. I would suggest you talk to the NCRS or you local county extension folks to gather information on how to proceed. Check with the health department to see if it"s permitted for domestic use. Our old system was condemened by the county because it was the last one around and they didn"t want to inspect it and deal with it anymore.
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