"Due to legal reasons the only way they build wells that allow you to pull water up from beneath ground level is with electricity."

Well, I guess that answers a question I couldn't find the answer to elsewhere.

I work with a man from the Philipines. He said the wells there tend to be deep (~500 ft), and where the wells are, there is often no electricity. He said they have what are called 'jetmatic' well pumps, that are hand-operated, and can bring water up from deep wells.

Everywhere I googled 'jetmatic pumps', I could only find them in used in the Philipines.

Sue