Is it possible to take water from a reservoir and use it on your site? Yes, of course, it requires a regular pump and a 220V extension cord to power it! Is it possible without a pump? You can too! And such systems are used all over the world, especially in places where fish are raised, as such mechanisms do not harm them!
And with the help of such systems, they drain huge areas that are located below sea level! “Is it really possible?” You ask. Yes, this is possible thanks to the great inventor - Archimedes! This is the very unique person who can move the Earth, but no one has yet been able to find a fulcrum ...
And if it's no joke, then Archimedes made a huge contribution to the development of civilization, his inventions include Archimedes claw, based on a system of levers, with the help of which enemy ships were turned over, and Archimedes ray, the mechanism of which is based on rotating lenses and mirrors, with the help of it they set fire to enemy ships using the energy of the Sun. And here is the same screw, the invention of which is also attributed to Archimedes of Syracuse.
As historians have found out, the Archimedes screw was invented in the interval 260-240. BC. In its original version, it is a pipe in which there is a screw, like our meat grinders. Rotating, the screw spirally feeds some matter through the pipe in one direction or another, depending on the rotation.
By giving this structure a slope, the mechanism is able to lift any liquid to the required height, thus our distant ancestors brought water into irrigation canals and "pumped out" huge pits with waste, since this structure practically does not hammered!
The Archimedes screw looked like this:
Complicated mechanism? No, but the execution is difficult, because the design requires a lot of investment in the manufacture of the screw.
Nowadays, there were people who slightly modified the design and made changes. Now, the screw is not needed and the execution requires a metal pipe or flexible hose. For transporting water, for example, for a vegetable garden, a diameter of 3-5 cm is enough, but here you need to focus on the need, and most importantly - what energy to spend: own energy to raise water from a stagnant reservoir or the energy of water flow into river.
A rotating shaft is installed in the water on the core, around which a hose is attached in a spiral. Both ends of the rod are fixed, and an impeller is made on the shaft so that it rotates from the flow of water.
Rest assured, even when using a regular garden hose, water will be supplied to the garden more than enough!
If this is a stagnant body of water, then you will have to make a handle:
This is how the installation looks live:
In one turn, the hose picks up a certain portion of water, which with each turn rises in a spiral one turn up.
At the first start, you will have to wait until all the turns are filled, then the water will exit with each revolution of the shaft. For use in reservoirs, a mesh is put on the end of the hose in the water as a coarse filter, then the system is not clogged with grass.
In my opinion, this is a great way out when there is a pond nearby, and you don’t want to spend money on pumps or electricity!