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I have been told there is an old well in our back yard. This got me
thinking
that I could drop a pump down it and use the water for garden watering,
vehicle washing, pressure washing the paths etc and save a lot of
water from
the mains, which I pay for twice, once as water used and again as sewage
charge to the water authority. Anyway I have now found it. I drilled a hole
through the tarmac at a spot where the snow and ice always melts first and
bingo I have a cavity. The problem now is that it is 14m deep!!! Yes 14
meters no exaggeration. I measured it by dropping a plumb bob down the
hole,
and had to find more string. The good news is that there is at least two
metres of water at the bottom.

So my original plan to just drop the submersible pump down there as
required
may not work as I doubt it will lift the water that far. I now wonder if
investing in a better pump would be worthwhile as the electricity used to
lift the water may cost more than I pay the water authority.

Anyone have any experience in the cost of running a pump at that depth?

I *MAY* know someone with a pump that was intended for a borehole, and
these can go down a long way. My borehole on the smallholding was 180 ft
deep...

Pump could be cranked by hand, BTW.

I'll try to unforget to ask him tomorrow - depending on what others here say.

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Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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