I saw an article somewhere, in which the author had buried a 50 gallon plastic drum 5 feet down in the ground, and then attached a 3 inch pvc standpipe to the top, up to a foot above ground level, through the bottom of a livestock tank. He had a small immersed backyard waterfall pump in the barrel, which came up a waterline in the center of the 3 inch line. It recirculated the water from the barrel up into the livestock tank, which kept the water from freezing. There was a second pipe to ground level with a cleanout cap, so that any sludge could be pumped out of the buried barrel. Electric was also buried, so there was nothing for animals to chew on in the tank.
I've thought of building a similar set-up, but also including a buried waterline to the buried tank, so that when the water level gets low, I could fill it remotely. Around here, in the hills, it is fairly easy to get a spring fed livestock tank downhill of the source, and let the flowing water keep it naturally unfroze.
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