I have a small stream on my property that I use for watering my lawn. I have a 3/4hp shallow well pump to pump the water from the streambed to a holding tank, about 25 ft of lift, and a 1.5hp hi volume pump to feed the sprinklers from the tank.  That pump will only self prime about 1 foot intake. Since neither of these is submersible they are mounted above flood height, about 20 ft, At low flow the stream is only about 200 CFM (30 ft wide and a few inches deep).  As it crosses my pr... Read More

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