[Homestead] Hand Pump for Well

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Tue Apr 28 10:13:49 EDT 2009


On Apr 28, 2009, at 4:35 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> Rob; I've been looking for something like that, too. That looks like  
> a nice
> one, but would cost over $1000 for a deep well. I like the fact that  
> it can
> be hooked into the pressure tank so the house water could be used  
> normally,
> but the connection to the house from my well is 5-6' underground (no  
> pit) so
> I don't know how I would connect it to the house water.

If the goal is water when the electricity is off, fill a tank when it  
is on. Way easier than pumping and if elevated provide gravity flow.  
Friends have two tanks on elevated stands to collect rain water. Same  
tanks could be filled with the well. They are opaque. Lots of tanks of  
various designs are available. 


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