Let's Clear the Air.

[NOAZ longshot]

many would disagree with that... how expensive was it to build up here? Oh, and where's up there? :lol:  

Here is a place near us.  Seligman AZ.  On Interstate 40 at Route 66.  About 45 miles East of Kingman AZ and 45 miles West of Williams AZ.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/33867-W-Whiskey-River-Rd-Seligman-AZ-86337/60121641_zpid/

 

[NOAZ longshot]

This is vacant land at the base of our mountain,  Good for well drilling.  There are a few lots out here that already have wells and they flow very well. (pun intended)

LOT-243C N Chosen Few Rd, Seligman, AZ 86337 | MLS #1047151 | Zillow

$1600 an acre.  I have seen as low as $500 an acre, but not for a few years now.

 

[NOAZ longshot]

As for your solar panels, I'd recommend they all point to the south at the proper azimuth for your latitude. While the east facing panels catch more morning sun, the south panels also catch sun, almost as much, right at sunrise. By facing some to the east and west, they only catch optimal sun in the morning and afternoon. One large array pointing south would catch sun all day and optimal sun most of the day. Unless there's some reason like terrain that prevents a large array.

The large "original panel array is on the south side of the house.  Actually about 190 degrees, so it misses the first light in the Summer.  Then after about 3:00PM the Sun no longer hits them directly.  By putting in the West panels, we get Sun until the horizon.

It's an Outback system; yes, it does switch from solar, to generator.  When the Battery Tender tells me we are low, I start the Generator and plug it in.  Not much else to it.  The batteries are charged and the A/C load in the house is covered too.  I takes about 20 minutes of generator time to meet the "Charged" parameters; a little longer in the winter, (cold batteries)

We added a second Controller to the wall about where the orange air hose is hung.  The inverter (between the two grey breaker panels) is an A/C110v.  There is room to add a second inverter to the rack below the first to get A/C220v, but nothing in the house is 220v, so that is not needed.  This is an old picture, you can see the corrosion on the dead batteries, they were DRT, Dead Right There!

 

[Stinky]

Back to LA and irrigation water....

20 some years ago, I had an interesting conversation w/a guy that worked for the city of Tucson.  We spoke about NG fueled 454s (running at a low rpm, 1,200, or 1,800 on wells (which is sucking Ag water out of the ground and ruining industry).  Back on track....every city park, golf course (and water hazards),  every city lake, (some cover many acres) every city building, is watered with reclaimed sewer plant water.  They have water left over.  What do we do with it?  Put in the dry Santa Cruz river?  (which would be good for the river and Riparian area as it would return it closer to what it was before Turcson came along).  No, that would affect the environment and putting poop-water (which is Potable) in the river might draw negatives.  That won't work.....thinking caps are put on.  Lets put it back in the ground (in the aquafer and then drink it).

The 1st part makes a lot of sense (not the stealing ag water part), but not so sure about the last.  If we ate going to drink it anyways, why put it in the ground...OHHHHH, never mind.