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Unread 02-19-2003, 09:21 PM   #105
jaydee
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Originally posted by murray13
You're way off on this one. A well pump is exactly designed for high head (lots of pressure). Think about what it has to do. Sitting 100+ feet below ground level pumping water up to the surface. So it must have 100+ feet of head to pump any water at all.
Not exactly. A well pump sits ground level. A pipe is dropped down into the well. The pump sucks water up the pipe and out the outlet to the house or where ever.
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