@goobiwan Marty T in New Zealand has a brook like that and he has an old washing machine drum set up with a generator and he powers his remote cabin with it for the last ten years. You might be onto something and be able to recoup your cost for the moat
@GanderAirport Spent many an hour at the airport with my buddy Dick D playing space invaders next to the restaurant entrance. Used to still be able to see EPA's DC-3 running from the upstairs windows