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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • Cc: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Wild water
  • Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 06:04:47 -0800 (PST)

Okay, that is what I was asking. I thought I had read about ram pumps that
drifted in fast flowings streams and pumped the water, in spurts, through
pipe, up over nearby ground . thanks.....bobford


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--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:


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> 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.







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