On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:38:29 GMT, (lisau) wrote:

||Hi. I just bought a house in the woods. The garage is a separate
||building, and I intend to set up a small metalworking shop to augment
||my woodworking -- I just graduated from school where I fell in love
||with metalsmithing while being a furniture major ... I especially love
||making small vessels & objects. The main problem is that there's no
||running water in the space, and no drainage pipes leading to my septic
||tank.
||Without spending a lot of $$, I figure I can set up a sink and feed it
||with a gardening ho
se -- I can do this easily right outside the
||garage's back door.

Look into rainwater catchment.
A standard gutter, leading to a tank, feeding the sink. Filters as needed.
Unless you are in a desert, you can get all the water you need from the sky, for
free. And for your uses, pure rainwater may be better, chemically.
Texas Parts Guy