[philman_36]

Thank you very much. I rather liked the six year old's simplicity. It required no welding. An old time hand drill of either type can make the hole in the dowel if the juice is out.

So if my electric pump is out/inoperable how do I go about cracking the connection going to the ground pipe without losing the pressure or having the ground water just start spewing out. I'm screwed if it just starts spewing out!
Or am I just ignorant and the water won't spew out when the ground pipe is broken open?

[Kartographer]

Looks like it’s quite job:

http://www.deanbennett.com/emergency-hand-pump-install-guide.pdf