Springs, Wells & Gravity-Fed Water

Monte Verde · Lagos, Portugal

A weekend bringing clean water down by gravity: find and protect a spring, run a simple line, and store it without a pump or the grid.

Find and protect a hillside springRun a gravity-fed line to a storage tankSettle, filter, and keep the water clean

What you'll learn

Develop and protect a spring source
Plumb a simple gravity-fed system
Store and keep water clean without power

What the land gains

A spring captured and a water line laid
Reliable off-grid water for the holding

The host site

Monte Verde

120 hectares of Algarve hillside, coming back to life

A vast stretch of the western Algarve, once worn thin by drought and fire, is being rebuilt into a mosaic of food forest, cork oak, and pasture. The Atlantic is a short walk away and water is the daily lesson.

Your teacher

Yusuf Demir

Agroforestry & water designer

4.9 · 47 reviews · 13 yrs teaching