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November 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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You could look into “Ram Pumps” or “hydraulic Ram Pumps” or “solar water pumps”
The ram pumps have a high head and can give you around 50psi, they come in all sizes.
A ram pump does not need any power, electric, or fuel to run. Also the will run 24-7 and they only have two moving parts.
The only thing about a Ram Pump is that you need ten times the water flow that you want to pump (if you want 1gpm then you will need a stream that has 10gpm)
https://www.clemson.edu/irrig/equip/ram.htm How to build one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2kv8BUVy6E “Williamson ram pump”