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How to use my water well if SHTF.

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    Posted: July 23 2012 at 3:32pm
Hi everyone. I have a question I can't seem to solve by my self.
I'm prepping for when the SHTF and as you know water is key for survival.
I have a water well that about 380 feet deep and has a submersible pump connected which is working. I dont want to rely on this when the SHTF because I don't know if we'll have electricity. I don't have much money so buying and installing a hand pump is difficult. I want to use the bailer bucket method but the current installation has the drop pipe right in the middle of the 8" casing. I figure I have about 2 o 3 inches around the drop pipe to fit a slim bailer bucket although I don't know if it will get stuck on the way down.

I guess my question is: Can I move the current drop pipe to the side to make room for a bigger bailer bucket? Keep in mind this is a 380 feet drop pipe which should be pretty heavy. (There is no pitless adapter).

Please, any help is kindly welcomed.

Alex
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Hi I have had some of the same issues with how to get water out of a deep well with no electricity and not much money. I have the issue where there isn't room for a bucket and I'm not too mechanically knowledgeable about wells in general. I do know that you can't physically lift a heavy column of water from a great depth, so your bailer bucket idea seems sound.  I have looked into systems which I believe I could duplicate for a great deal less on the money part.  Here is a site that has some good ideas which you could probably engineer yourself considering PVC pipe and other parts can be bought at the hardware store.  http://flojak.com/ Haven't done it yet but I think it would be a great reverse engineer type of project.
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