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Future Build: How to get water from the well without electricity

 
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With my future build, I intend to drill a well prior to being connected to the grid. I found this possible solution, which I think is pretty gosh-darned cool.  It doubles as a "grid is down" solution once I am hooked up to power. There is always also the hand pump that can be installed on top the well cover as well.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
 
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Instead of the expense of a well, have you considered rainfall collection?
My signature takes you to a permies topic on the subject.
With groundwater shortage, pollution and expense of drilling it may suit.
One trick is to have a large storage tank rather than a 200L barrel, the bigger volume allows settlement of fines and cleaning of the water by contact with the air.
 
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It wouldn't help from a well, but ram air pumps can move water around property without electricity
 
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William, ram pumps need flowing water to operate.
A nozzle pump, not sure of name, using a blast of air across a pipe that draws water upwards.
 
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