Getting Water From a Drilled Well Without Power (electric, that is)

[kernelkrink]

A vacuum can only pull water up around 28-30 feet. The vacuum is not actually "pulling" anything up, ambient air pressure is shoving the water up the pipe because the pressure in the pipe/tank is less than the air pressure outside. At some point, the water quits rising and any more vacuum just makes the water boil.

[resting]

Originally Posted by yarro

It was major suckage and he has since bought a 3500 gallon water tank and installed a solar power pump to fill it and pumps out of it instaed of directly from the well.

-Yarro

I think this may be the best answer for my deep well. A water tank which is kept filled from the well and water drawn on demand from the tank for every day use and the tank refilled. When there is a power failure there would be water on hand for emergency use.