Douglas de Lacey wrote:
Scott wrote:

Hi,

In my garden the previous owners put in a hnd pump that linked to an
under ground stream, you get nice cold water out of it.

Anyway - thinking of putting an electric pump on it to say use the water
in the garden, for car cleaning and possibly at a later stage, subject
to a filtration device, use it for non drinking water in the house.
Especially if the local water company decides to make everyone have a
water meter.

Anyway - I am not sure how far the bore goes, buut can anyone point me
in the direction of some water pumps that may do what I want - but
specifically, I would like them to be solar powered if possibly - is it?

sure

I take it you already have a functioning hand pump? in that case any
suction (lift) pump should work; the problem would be getting pump and
solar panels beefy enough to give you anything like a reasonable flow.

yes, but very little flow is needed afaics. You only need provide
average flow, not peak. A small (raised) tank takes care of the peaks.

As for garden watering its pointless and counterproductive to water
anything more than a tiny amount for young plants without a proper root
system yet.

There might be an even easier option, if the seal on your hand pump is
good, and thats to use swaying tree motion to operate the existing
pump.


NT