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Simple Pumps are made with computer-controlled machining. This gives a precision fit which decreases friction and improves pumping efficiency.
The controlled machining process also provides reliability and easy replaceability with spare parts. In the unlikely event that you ever need a spare part, the one bought ten years from now will match exactly.
Simple Pumps are far more reliable than most other pumps because they are CNC-machined. This machining, directed by computer instructions, ensures every stainless steel piece is identical to the last. The superb and consistent fit makes for far less wear and a much longer life.
The structure of a Simple Pump is quite narrow — 1.75 inches at its widest — yet strong. Most other hand pumps simply cannot be installed along with a submersible in the majority of existing wells. You would have to drill a second well in order to use it as a back-up!
Our pump requires DRAMATICALLY LESS EFFORT to pump the water, due to a much lighter mechanism. For example, the Simple Pump lift rods — which transmit the pump-action from the lever arm to the pump cylinder at the bottom — are made out of super-light fiberglass with a resin that is FDA approved for drinking water use. The significantly lighter weight also makes installation much easier.
The Simple Pump COSTS DRAMATICALLY LESS than other “serious” and seemingly comparable pumps. One competitor costs about $1,100 more at 200′ water level.
No other lever-arm pump manufacturer offers the option of converting to a 12 or 24 volt DC Motor. The DC motor fits precisely the same way on every Simple Pump, making installation so easy that most homeowners install the motor upgrade themselves. So if you ever wanted to convert to solar, the addition of the Simple Pump motor is quite easy and does not take a lot of work.
4" casings with a pitless adaptor are possible, but are relatively rare. Usually the top section will have been made 6". This makes the installation of a pitless much easier.
If the well is 4" diameter all the way up and with a pitless, installation might be possible with a bit of maneuvering. If the pitless doesn't allow for the installation of the Simple Pump, the pitless adapter can always be replaced by a slimmer kind of pitless adaptor.
No, we don’t have a paper or PDF catalog.
We do have a Products Parts List that includes all of our products and prices.
Every sale is different and configured to your specific well dimensions and specifications. Each sale is also different depending on hand-operated, motorized, solar, possible desire to motorize in the future, well depth, water depth, and recovery rate.
This makes the price of every system different. The only way we can create a quote that is correct for your well is to first gather information from you and then prepare a customized system recommendation with a quote. The components will differ depending on your needs.
Please explore the information under the menu item Our Pumps, and then start the process by visiting the Get A Quote page. You give us the information we need, and we will send you a no-obligation quote (usually within one business day).
The water level and well depth of your water well can be found on your well report. If you don’t have a well report, you can get a copy from your state government website, or your consumer protection branch, or your county health authority.
The well company that drilled the well should have a record of your well too.
Or if you know how to do take the well cap off safely, you may be able to measure them yourself. You can measure the water level by lowering down a line with float and weight. Measure when the line goes slack. Bring up and measure the length of the line. Do similarly without the float to get depth.
ONE CAUTION: the further down your water, the greater the chance you might get the line tangled in the submersible wiring.
The answer is that it depends. Consider the following questions:
Connecting to your existing underground line from your pitless adaptor requires substantially more work than exiting from the well cap.
If you do wish to go that route, the piping from the Simple Pump pitless is always tied into the pressure discharge piping from the submersible at or very close to the well head. A separate line from the well casing to the house for the Simple Pump pressure discharge is not necessary.
To avoid digging, many customers buy the check valve and gauge that allows them to hook a drinking water compatible hose from the Simple Pump discharge nipple to a yard hydrant, or spigot on the outside wall of the house, or to the drain in the area of the pressure tank. No digging, but still affords power outage back-up. You simply need to detach the hose from the pump outlet each time you fill your tank, so air can get in and allow the water in the pump to descend below freezing level, by exiting through the weep hole at 48”.
Static water level or static or water level are synonymous terms and define the distance from ground level down to the level of water in the well — at RESTING STATE.
“Resting-state” means you are not pumping and haven’t pumped recently, and the well has filled back up to its maximum level. If you have pumped, then the water level, of course, is changing as the well fills back up to the static level. (The speed at which it refills – e.g. three gallons per minute – is called your “Recovery Rate”.)
Water Table is the level below which the pores in the soil and rock and saturated with water. The static water level in an individual well can be quite a lot higher or lower than the water table, depending on the shape of rock strata, their relative permeability, and the hydrostatic pressure.
The Simple Pump hand-operated pump can work from as deep as 325 feet of static water level, and the motorized pump from 225 feet when pumping to ground level and to ambient pressure. These limits are then affected if you are also pumping into a pressurized plumbing system or uphill. Pumping to 45 psi in a pressure tank is equivalent to 100 feet of water, so the limits are then 225 feet for the hand pump and 125 feet for our motors.
Do you have a multiple pump discount?
YES.
Simple Pump Company offers multiple-unit purchase discounts when the pumps are being bought at the same time.
Examples of our multiple pump discount:
4″ casings with a pitless are possible but are relatively rare. Usually, the top section will have been made 6″. This makes the installation of a pitless much easier.
If the well is 4″ diameter all the way up and with a pitless, the installation might be possible with a bit of maneuvering. If the pitless doesn’t allow installation, it can always be replaced by a slimmer kind.