On 2018-10-22 9:34 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, October 22, 2018 at 5:27:35 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:

>> It's bad enough here when the power goes off. We life in the country
>> and have a cistern and a well. It gets a little tight in the summer
>> when the well runs dry and the cistern is low and the water company
>> can't deliver for a couple days. If the power goes out there is nothing
>> to power the water pressure system so there is no running water. No
>> water to drink, not water to shower and no water to flush the toilet.
>>
> My grandparents had a well but it never ran dry and it was drop the bucket,
> let it fill up, and pull it up and there's your water. Hahaha But reading
> your story makes me glad I live in the city.
>
> Does your well bucket look like this one? This is the type my grandparents
> had.
>
> http://www.lehmans.com/product/lehma...d-well-bucket?
>

??? Getting your water from a well does not mean we have to drop a pail
in a hole for water. There is a 1-1/4 line into the well and an
electrically powered pump and water pressure system. The tank has a
pressure sensitive switch that keeps the pressure within the low and
high settings. If the power is out there is no pump.