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Any drip lines or drip tape work well with dirty water?

 
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We have been sort of flood irrigating our garden while getting started.  We also walk through the garden and walk aground watering.  But this has been a bit of labor and we want to make our lives easier, also we have had some failures doing our current garden setup (I know there are almost always some, but we want to decrease them).  We have been thinking of adding drip lines, soaker hoses, or drip tape type of systems.  On top of the line we might add more mulch to retain the water.  We are also considering making our own drip line by taking 3/4" poly pipe and drilling holes in it.

so the question here is, has anyone drilled holes in their own pipes?  If so what length and what size holes and what spacing?  Also our water is coming from a pretty dirty spring, so would that clog the pipe, hose, drip line, or soaker hose up and cause frustrations?  It grows some algae, has living little critters, and other whatevers.  We have a screen over the pump inside a bucket but things get through.

Perhaps not the most elegant post here, just seeing if anyone has some ideas to help my family out here.
 
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