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    Jun 4, 2008, 01:28 PM
    Need a diagram on installing shallow well pump
    Shallow well pump advice and a diagram on the piping
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    Jun 4, 2008, 06:01 PM
    Piping can be galvanized (wouldn't do it), PVC (cheapest), or flexible well piping (expensive but easiest to do and convenient if you have to pull the pump in the future.

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