Pumps Review

Pumps for Irrigation Centrifugal, vertical turbine, submersible Your client has a well on his/her property to use as irrigation. What type of pump would you expect to see on site? You have inherited a new irrigation system in a large subdivision. When you go into the pumphouse you see 2 motors on top of a concrete platform. What types of pumps would these be? Should you be looking to prime these pumps? Which of the 3 pumps listed is the most efficient? Which pump can be laid down horizontally in a pond or other body of water? Which pump sits above the surface of the water and only has the intake in the water? Which pump has the motor below the pump? Which of the following usually pumps from a wet well? If you needed a large volume of water and larger pressures which pump would you choose? Which pump would you choose for shallow water? Which addition to a motor will help it ramp up according to need rather than running at full speed? What is it called when damage or pitting to the impeller of a pump is caused by low pressure around the impeller?