Your submersible pump SHOULD be a centrifugal pump, that means you can pull water through it without damaging it. Water will simply flow through the impeller. If it is a vane pump, water may not easily flow though the pump but i don't think it would damage it. The problem with suction pumps the amount of lift is limited. If your water table is high enough you should be fine.<br><br>Personally i have a hand pump for my thirty foot deep shallow well, i live in Florida, high water table. And a generator for the deep well.