Koch & Sons Water Wells

Are you considering upgrading to a constant pressure water pump system? Not only can this even out your system, but you will enjoy energy savings as well while prolonging the overall life span of your pump.

For the greatest energy savings in pump operations, allowing both the flow and head to adjust at the same time is the best practice. This can be accomplished by controlling the temperature and level. If only one or the other is adjusted the process is skewed.

Throughout history, the quest for an effective water pump prompted many great minds to make important technological breakthroughs. In 200 BC, Archimedes devised the first water screw pump and this design is still used today.

It’s a miracle some 19th century model pumps survived. In one instance, records indicate the working model was crafted in Paris, shipped across the Atlantic to the US, transported down the Mississippi River, and hauled overland to the University of Mississippi.

What is a shadoof? It is believed to be the very first type of water pump ever invented. The shadoof was designed approximately 4,000 years ago by the ancient Egyptians and utilized a suspended rod with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other end for drawing water from wells.