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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 7, 2008, at 6:49 AM, bob ford wrote:

> How, in refernce to a water ram, could this be , or not be, possible?
>
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>
> > > What about a pipe with metal "wings" or a
> > scoop like
> > > appendage at the bottom that could direct the flow
> > into
> > > the pipe?

> > Maybe a paddle wheel could run a pump to move a very small
> > amount of
> > water up the the surface or into the house.

A ram pump requires head and flow; the comibnation of the two  
determines delivery volume and pressure. The source water is typically  
at least several feet above the ram pump. Such a condition is  
impossible in that forty-foot tube down to an underground stream.