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Rural/Farm Life

Timewas

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Reply to angrychair (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 7, 2025, 05:34 PM

Feb 7

Tractor supply, Home Depot and Amazon. Another idea would be a cistern system, depending on where you live and local laws.Back in the day they had cisterns under the kitchen area and a hand pump mounted on the kitchen counter near or at the sink,only good for drinking water and such. There are ways to drill your own shallow well and install a hand pump also. A lot depends on your local water levels and such.

Many good "How To" reels on You Tube

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Question about my well [View all] angrychair Feb 7 OP

...an old fashioned hand pump? FirstLight Feb 7 #1

Yea, thats what I figured angrychair Feb 7 #3

Where to buy Timewas Feb 7 #4

Hand pump Timewas Feb 7 #2

Excuse my ignorance angrychair Feb 7 #5

check Timewas Feb 7 #6

Get a long rope, long enough to get down to the water, and get a long narrow cylinder that is tailored to go down a well SWBTATTReg Feb 7 #7

rig up a solar panel Kali Feb 7 #8