Traditional Water Pumps vs Modern Water Pumps

Before the invention of modern pumping devices, people used a wide variety of ingenious methods to extract water from wells and boreholes. The oldest method involved drawing water up using a bucket that could be lowered into a well or raised out of it using a pulley system. However, simple, hand-operated pumps were also commonly used.

If you have an old-fashioned well on your property that has been recently renovated, you may be tempted to use a quaint, traditional method to extract water from it.

Here at Anglian Pumping Services, however, we believe it’s always better to opt for a modern, efficient pumping device (such as one of the submersible pumps that we offer).

Traditional water-retrieval methods may seem charming, but they aren’t practical in today’s world for a number of reasons. Modern pumping devices are greatly superior, as we’ll demonstrate in today’s blog entry.

1. Hygiene

It’s hard to be completely confident regarding the hygiene of old-fashioned water-retrieval systems. Water that you retrieve using a bucket or old-fashioned manual pump may not be fit-for-purpose, even if you filter it and treat it. Modern pumping devices are comparatively hygienic because they are made from clean, modern materials. Water that you extract using these devices can be filtered and treated to make it clean enough for many day-to-day purposes.

2. Efficiency

Old-fashioned water-extraction methods require a great deal of effort and produce only a small amount of water. Regardless of whether you need water for cleaning, irrigation or another purpose, you would find it difficult to retrieve enough of it using only traditional methods. In contrast, today’s pumping devices can extract huge amounts of water very quickly and with very little effort. Don’t waste time and energy on old-fashioned water-retrieval methods: choose a modern pump instead.

3. Reliability

Because you have to operate old-fashioned pumps and pulley-based water-retrieval systems manually, it’s far too easy to break them or damage them by accidentally applying too much force. Modern pumping devices are automatic. As a result, they are less likely to break or become damaged too quickly. You can depend on these modern devices.

We at Anglian Pumping Services offer a truly diverse range of clean, efficient and reliable water pumps. If you need a pump for the well on your property, make us your first port of call!