Friday, March 23, 2007

Paul's pump, again

This is the pool at the side of the river, where Paul catches the water for his pump:

And from the pool, the water runs down this pipe to the pump - I think he said it was 100-120 feet + 13 feet downward. Regardless, once he finishes burying this tubing, the project is done except for devising an attractive water feature in the yard:
Paul took this photo of his ram pump, so now you know what it looks like ... I still think it works by magic, I mean how can the thing spew out water down below, yet pump a gallon or more of water straight up to the garden every ten second?