Subject: Re: water pump question

From: [email-masked] (DaveHatunen)
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 02:20:17 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
SarahS4151 <[email-masked]> wrote:
>hello
>what a perfect time to find this newsgroup!!
>
>so here's the problem
>we just bought a piece of property with a FANTASTIC spring. the problem is
>it is at the bottom of the property.
>first we thought we could get a pump run by solar, any ideas? the spring
>runs 
>possibly 5 gpm.
>
>then today i thought of another idea.
>
> a little creek runs past the property near the spring (they connect a bit
>farther down). maybe i could put a paddle wheel in the creek to run a
>rocker to run a pump??

You don't say what part of the country you are in, and that could
affect the consequences of the answers to thess question: is the stream
on your property? Would you have to build a small dam on the stream,
and if so, is it an ecologically important stream, such as a salmon
run? 

What total head is required to get the water from the bottom of the
well to your house/storage tank? It could take a lot more wter wheel
than you think.

>does this sound feasible? we need to pump at least 50 ft up to a tank to
>feed the house, garden, etc with some pressure.

Technicaly, it can be done. But fesibility is an economic question.

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>sarah
>as far west as the internet gets on the continental u s

Oops. Answers that question to some extent. Is it a salmon run?

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From: [email-masked] (DaveHatunen)
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 02:20:17 GMT

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