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If I could install a manual pump I may have the water part covered. :)

No, I don't think lightening will do this.

Sorry I put that in wrong spot. Supposedly if a nuke attack happens over an area an EMP is created. And everything electronic within it's reach will be rendered useless. That's why I was going to...

My toilets are black from manganese in the well water. Are you on a well? Could also include stinky sulphur smell and rust from iron too.

Maybe that is what the silicone is around. I just thought it looked like rope. I guess it could be wiring?
So the water has to be 20' from the surface in order to install a hand pump? Sheesh...

Yes, that would be ideal. But they want A LOT of money to do that in an all electric house. And in case of EMP the generator may be affected and become useless. I wanted to get a generator just...

Ok so the blue tank in the closet on the deck is the pressure tank? I don't see anything that resembles a pump. But what do I know.
Maybe 20 ft. out in the yard is a meter box. But there is no...

We just moved into a house that is on a well. I have never lived with a well. How am I supposed to know how far down the well is or if the pump is submerged?
There is a well head in the yard that...