Example
the building site or it is below it. There is also a creek with at least This one might get a little complicated. Be sure to look at the sketch. We have a small spring that yields at least 20 gallons per hour. But it is either not 40 feet above3-5 feet of fall, and this creek is below the spring.

Solution #1
Almost anytime water needs to be pumped to a cistern above its current location, ram pumps are the best way to go. But ram pumps waste a lot of water, and in low water yield situations, they just wouldn’t work. Except…Rife Ram Pumps makes what is called a “double acting ram.” This ram pump uses the fall of the creek to provide the thrust and then uses that thrust to pump your spring water without contaminating it. This wastes much less of your spring water than a typical ram pump. The ram then pumps your spring water to a cistern at least 40 feet above the building site(2nd story if plumbing is there) where it “gravity flows” into your house. Or refer to example #6 if you are not able to bury a cistern at least 40 feet above the building site.