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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Plumbing.

In this Badge Bit, you will set up a temporary water pump in a pond or water source.  (Note that this BB is part of a 6-part choose your own adventure list BB called the Tiny List. You must complete six Badge Bits in the Tiny List.)

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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - set up a temporary water pump in a pond or water source

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - a picture of the water source without a pump
   - a picture of you installing a water pump at the source
   - a picture of water being pumped somewhere else
   - OR a 2-minute video of you doing this
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I had to pump water from one rain barrel to a littler one up by my garden.  The bigger tank is about 5' lower and feeds into my greenhouse.  So I had to hook up a hose to the spigot in the greenhouse and pump it about 120' to the garden.
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Empty rain barrel in the garden
Empty rain barrel in the garden
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Barrel is to my right, greenhouse has the brown roof (that's where the supply spigot is)
Barrel is to my right, greenhouse has the brown roof (that's where the supply spigot is)
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Far side of greenhouse with big rain barrels to the left of the sugar shack (square IBC totes)
Far side of greenhouse with big rain barrels to the left of the sugar shack (square IBC totes)
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Setting up the blue pump with the green hose to the spigot in the corner on the white pvc (sugar shack visible out through the door)
Setting up the blue pump with the green hose to the spigot in the corner on the white pvc (sugar shack visible out through the door)
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Pumping water!
Pumping water!
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Rain is coming this next week, so time to empty all the roof rain barrels. Most of my building and my house we catch and store the rain coming off of them. Since I'm completely redoing the rain catchment off my main barn, the coopenheimer, I want to relocate the barrel for a better rain setup, so because this one is a 55gal drum, I normally use my manual pump.  In the picture I'm showing you the rain barrel, we are moving, one of our manual pumps, and some 5 gal containers to store the extra water in for the animals and the gardens. ( Plus I thought I might add a little bit of water to one of the small duck ponds too)

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Barrel we are moving
Barrel we are moving
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The Barrel Pump
The Barrel Pump
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Here is my submission for "PEP BB plumbing.sand.tiny.tempwaterpump - Set Up a Temporary Water Pump":

I am providing photos of the following:
  - a picture of the water source without a pump
  - a picture of you installing a water pump at the source
  - a picture of water being pumped somewhere else  
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full water tank before the pump is installed to move some water to a large tub
full water tank before the pump is installed to move some water to a large tub
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installing the pump: attaching hoses
installing the pump: attaching hoses
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installing the pump: attaching to battery
installing the pump: attaching to battery
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pumped water running into tub
pumped water running into tub
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overview of setup (about half the water from the tank pumped into the tub on the hill behind)
overview of setup (about half the water from the tank pumped into the tub on the hill behind)
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I have a rain barrel that I am using to pump water down to a area where I am making compost. I needed to water the compost using rain water collected in this rain barrel.
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rain barrel (source)
rain barrel (source)
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placing the pump into the water
placing the pump into the water
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running hose down to compost area - 1
running hose down to compost area - 1
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running hose down to compost area - 2
running hose down to compost area - 2
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watering the compost pile
watering the compost pile
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I filled my blue barrels with water from our gravity fed irrigation ditch in preparation for the end of irrigation season.
As the canal is empty and I can’t water from the ditch until next May, I set up this temporary pump to get me along until frost.

I used a simple 12v pump connected to an ego battery pack, attached via couplers to the spigot on the barrel.

I’m also including some gifs of the difference between draining and actively pumping.
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Water source without pump
Water source without pump
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Installing pump
Installing pump
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Connected to battery
Connected to battery
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All set up
All set up
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Testing
Testing
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Sprinkling Strawberries
Sprinkling Strawberries
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Watering squash and tomatoes
Watering squash and tomatoes
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