Amos E Wolfe wrote:
It does however need to raise the water from the river by about
6-10 feet (head of water) depending on the level of the water in the river.

I don;t goove that river would be fast enough flowing for a hydrauolic
ram, and suspect that wind power would be what you want. Except that
in the dog days of summer when you need water most the wind will be
missing. You could ask for advice at:
http://www.cat.org.uk/information/information.tmpl

This looks like fun:
http://www.gamos.demon.co.uk/just%20...e/henkfnl2.htm

You can buy some very good mains powered submsersible pumps that would
do the job easily, and run one for half an hour or so off a portable
generator.

Or you could spend zome zbarl:
http://www.marlec.co.uk/products/prods/rutpump_kit.htm