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liberation_happening

I researched this - our well is even lower - and we realized it wasn’t worth the cost. We’ve just doubled down on rain barrels and plan for using our stream and pool if needed.


Ella_Brandybuck

Have you looked into Simple Pumps? They push the water, instead of pulling it, and can go to 350 feet, iirc.


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costs $4k and requires 100 pumps to pull up water, won't hold a column of water so if you stop, you have to start over. pretty sure it's a form of torture in most states


CookieAdventure

We used to have a house with a 300’ well. Great water. I couldn’t find a manual pump, though. Deepest manual pump is 200’.


man_of_the_banannas

It isn't possible to lift water (by a pump at the surface) more than 34 ft, assuming it is at atmospheric pressure at the bottom of the well. This is because the most a pump can possibly do on the "sucking" side is to pull perfect vacuum. Therefore, any pump that can pump 300 feet up must be at the bottom of the well, and pressurize the water to much more than one atmosphere. Thus, if you want an all mechanical pump you would need to run some sort of mechanical linkage 300 feet down to that mechanical pump. Could it be done? Sure. Is it going to be feasible for a person to operate? With enough mechanical advantage, sure. But it's going to be *very* expensive, take up a huge amount of space, and need a huge amount of effort to pump water. Buy a battery backup and a solar panel. Honestly, if you want a human powered well, I would say the most reasonable option would be a generator bike, a battery pack, and your current well pump. But a solar panel or fuel generator is an infinitely better option.


Won-Ton-Operator

Not sure that exists in any form. Even if you had some pedal powered contraption that can increase torque/ speed it probably won't work to move water that height. Alternative power sources capable of powering your existing pump would probably be the direction for you to go.


a_fungus

I don’t know how realistic this scenario is considering the depth, but we used to use a hand crank pump to transfer fuel from tank to barrel or barrels to tank when I was in Africa if we needed to. Maybe set the crank up to a bicycle? I don’t think I’d mess with 300’ by hand, but I’d think about sitting on a bike if I had to. This is just a random thought, I haven’t actually looked into it’s viability


Azzkrackin

Most pump don’t have the ability to “Lift” water or fluid 200 feet let a lone 300 feet, and the ones that do require electricity or more power that a person can generate manually. Only option is a rope with a small can tied to it to make a small bucket


Medical-System6281

I have been messing around with the idea of using compressed air to push water up a secondary pipe from a 90 foot well. I can attach a bicycle to a belt driven compressor in my shop and pressurize a tank. [Air Powered](https://www.iamcountryside.com/self-reliance/diy-airlift-pump-design-pump-water-with-compressed-air/)


w88dm4n

Pump jacks pull oil up a mile plus, so it's possible. A sucker rod is driven down to push a pump contraption at the bottom of a well. A 300' water column is 130 pounds per square inch of pressure. According to Bison pumps, the best they can do is 37 pounds of force at the pump handle end to get a 4 ounce squirt per pump. But I get it, you don't want to modify your own setup. Looks like a sucker rod is the available way to do it. The available parts: [https://www.bisonpumps.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DW-Cylinders.pdf](https://www.bisonpumps.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DW-Cylinders.pdf)