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GreyValley7 Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 07:32pm Reply Hi All, I have a remote cabin in the woods with a drilled well but no electricity. Iâ€™m hoping you all may provide a few ideas to get water from the well into the cabin for dishes/propane shower? For reference the well is about 30â€™ away on the downhill side Thanks for the replyâ€™s

Irrigation Guy Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 08:19pm Reply Is this just a casing? Can you install a pump and run with generator? Do you want automatic? Do you want it piped into the house?

ICC Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 08:50pm - Edited by: ICC Reply and how deep is the hole? and the depth to static level?

GreyValley7 Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 09:37pm Reply Thanks for the replyâ€™s. I would rather not run/listen to a generator if possible? I ultimately would like it pumped into the house to use for dishes/propane shower etc. I am not positive on the well depth, but It is a casing that originally had a hand pump connected to it. The static water level is about 15 ft below ground

ICC Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 09:53pm Reply IF you had water in the house, with no electricity, how do you imagine getting it to the sink to do dishes or the shower?

ICC Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 10:01pm Reply Part time or full time use? I would probably install a two to three hundred gallon storage tank in, under or beside the cabin. Use a generator to power a shallow well pump to fill the tank as needed. Use a shurflo 12 vdc RV pump to distribute water in the cabin, powered off a battery with a solar charger. Something like that if it was part time use.

Irrigation Guy Member	# Posted: 28 Aug 2020 10:15pm Reply Depending on your usage you might be able to install a large pressure tank 80 gallons or so which would give you 40 gallons +/- of pressurized storage. You would likely only need to run the generator once a day to fill the tank. When I am at my place alone the pump comes on once a day and I have a 50 gallon tank, so about 20-25 gallon storage.