borehole drilling

[Mountain Guardian]

One can also go with a cistern system, that is what I did at our last farm.  You can even get fancy and plumb your roof gutter into the tank like they do in Australia.

I never got that fancy, I just hauled in water, which can get to be a pain especially in the winter here in Idaho and in the summer trying to keep up with the livestock needs.  But it is quite doable, we did it for ten years and it worked quite well, and much cheaper than paying for a well.

Thankfully the new farm has a well and five ponds, no more hauling water......