Show pumping from a lake 0 S would a force pump draw water from a lake pump being feet from the lako laho and fifteen feet higher the correspondent mistakes tho tte meaning caning in and use of a force pump A fore pump properly speaking consists of a solid plunger which drives the water nater by pressure A lift pump or section pump or both combined that Is to say bay an ordinary well pump would serve the purpose here men tinned tho the suction pump dump will raise water to a height of over 30 feet theoretically practically allowing for leakages about 25 feet Is all that it la Is safe to allow As the elevation here Is only 15 feet there should bo b no difficulty 7 la in a suction pump performing the service such a pump would mould require a fairly largo large pipe from the lak lako on account of abo considerable artance Ur tance an inch 0 better an inch and a half balf with tight joints |