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That very helpful - thank you. No much of a water fountain though!

From the top of the pipe to the bottom, the difference in height will be about 20m.

Good Morning All, I have a spring fed well half way up a hill and want to run a pipe from the well overflow (which is currently running out at c.2L/second. My idea is to start with a large bore pipe (c.110mm) and reduce it to maybe a 25mm pipe to create a fountain at teh bottom of the hill...

Balenza, I would be a complete idiot to sign myself up to what?

EddyP, It seems that I will not need one because I only intend to extract about 1/2000 litres per day. Thanks anyway.

Agile, You obviously know what you are talking about and I have not really got a clue! I will have to get someone to come and do it for me. Many thanks for your help.

Thank you all very much - you have been very helpful. Last question, you said allow 30% reduction for flow resistance if the pipe is "properly sized" - what is the best size pipe to use?

Again, thank you very much for your response. I fully appreciate the requirment for cost benefit analysis and I need to look into where I need to go to find someone that can advise me of the various costs but going back to my original question, I need to first work out whether or not there will...

I see! Would you recommend just pumping the water straight into the system from the well/tank? If so, would that not use a lot of electricity?

Thank you for your response - no I have not worked out any of that yet. What is a "Duke of York" exercise? I am thinking of either doing as you said, and using night electricity to fill the tank or using another form of renewable energy source (e.g. photovoltaic or sola panel). The well is below...

I run a farm and have a well which is supplied with water from a spring, which I want to extract water from in order to use to supply farm buildings. I want to pump the water from the well to a header tank at the top of the hill, which will then provide a gravity fed water system. However, I...