So in 2001, I wanted a hand pumped well in case of electrical failure. Researching one was dreadfully hard and I ended up putting in expensive galvanized steel well pipes. Weighed a lot - we did it ourselves - horrendously difficult...in 2008, we wanted a better system and I found out about the simple pump. www.simplepump.com
It is PVC, easy as pie to install yourself (weighs nothing) and a fraction of the cost of galvanized. Is fairly easy to pump, even in the winter. And I found a dealer in southern Alberta. If you're interested - my contact was Kevin Niemi - kevin_niemi@hotmail.com
Glad to hear that you took the incentive to find one, too many people that I know wont "because there will always be back-up power". BULL.
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The Sigma K2 from Rintoul's Hand Pumps is a shallow well hand pump capable of pumping water overhead or pressuring a tank - makes an excellent back up to an electric well pump during a power failure. We installed one of these babies and it works very well. Here's a link:
http://www.handpumps.com/hand-pumps/sigma-hand-pump.html
anyone know how you know if you have water on your property? How would you find that out? I assume there's more to it than just dig till you hit something. Any advice here would be great, thanks.
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I would suggest contacting a local well driller for their approach and do a web search for the strange science of "water witching".
I would suggest contacting a local well driller for their approach and do a web search for the strange science of "water witching".
Ditto...
That was something I didn't have to worry about since my house came with 2 wells. Around here though, the norm is that there is always water to be had, it's just a matter of how deep you have to go. When you ask about cost, you get told around 5,000 up, depending on depth. As an example, my deep well is around 300 feet, but I live across the road from a lake, so the water table is quite low. My whole neighborhood has drilled into the same underground spring and no one has any issues with water.
Concerning water wells; Years ago my Mother paid a water witch to find 30 gal per hour rusty water @ 130 ft . When that well gave up 20 + years later a driller asked my mother where she wanted the new well located, drilled and found 1100 gallons per hour @ 60 ft, about 125 feet south east of the first well. Other than a high soda content the water was great! Drink your coffee within an hour, chammy the car after you wash it and everything is fine. I'd call well location hit and miss at best.
I have a very high water table with a basement sump that never goes below 9 ft lower than my lawn. I'm thinking about hand drilling a (10 or 12 ft) well and using a PVC liner with a hand pump for emergency water to treat before use.
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