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I guess my question is still "why can I get water with a "picture pump" and not a shallow well pump (1/2 hp)? I now understand that a shallow well electric pump creates a "vacuum". Therefore the "hand pump", being the "picture pump", must create an actual lift of water. Or what?

I drove a "sand point well" with 1 1/2" pipe. The depth is around 30'. I have a 1/2 hp. pump on it and doesn't produce any water. I hooked up a (I believe it called) Pitcher Pump, where you pump the handle up and down, and it does produce water. Not a heck of a lot, but, it does produce...