[melancholy]

Fascinating! Thank you.

“and I think someone was either exploited by the environmentalists or decided to try to get their hands in some deep pockets.

I always thought that the greenies are called so because of the greenbacks, NOT the green energy and the environment.r

“If I had a ‘free’ methane gas well with my water, I would figure out how to capture the gas and run my fridge and heat off of it! (8^D)”

I know what you mean. Some expensive, power-consuming, explosion-proof motors, instrumentation, piping, etc. might have been good for neighborhoods to split the cost and live happily ever after. The gubmit would have never allowed it, though.

[Smokin' Joe]

If tthe methane is coming up with the water, use the methane as the headspace gas in the pressure tank (I'd get a large one). While that ould put the methane between 50-60 psi to match municipal water pressures in the pressure tank, the methane could be tapped off through a regulator to reduce the pressure to a useable level.

Caveats: if you use too much gas, the water will get into the gas system. You'd have to have a dump valve to use up water to produce more gas with the incoming water or a valve to keep the water out of the gas system. That might mean intermittent service.

If you use too much water, you could have the opposite problem--gas in the water system. That might not be so good either.

I'd also put it in an expendable outbuilding to keep it from icing up in winter, and in case something went wrong. (Make the weak wall face in a 'safe' direction.)