A Homemade Gravity Fed Fountain

If you live in a hilly area with a stream that flows toward your yard, you can design a water system to collect water from the top of the hill. The downward pressure of the water will form a natural fountain if you flip the water pipe to face the sky. The amount of pressure on the water will depend on the height of the hill, and you can increase the height of the fountain by constricting the flow through a small opening.

Garden hose
12-inch square window screen section
Plastic hose clamp
12-inch stake
Hammer
Plastic zip tie
Adapter for hose end

Instructions

- 1
  Place a garden hose at the top of a hill in a moving stream of water. Cover the intake end with a section of window screen and clamp in place with a plastic hose clamp.
- 2
  Pound a 12-inch stake into the stream bed where the water is at least 6 inches deep, using a hammer.
- 3
  Feed the hose down the hill to the point of your fountain, adding more sections of garden hose if necessary to reach the fountain.
- 4
  Screw an adapter onto the end of the hose that goes from the hose width to a small opening. Secure the end of the hose in an upright position, either to a part of the fountain or another stake pounded into the ground.
- 5
  Place the top section of the hose under the water at the top of the hill and secure it with a zip tie to the stake in the stream. The gravity force on the water will force it down the hill and up through the small opening in the adapter, shooting up a few feet. The height will depend on the size of the adapter opening and the height of the hill.

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