Water Lifted By Compressed Air
For Municipal, Manufacturing, Irrigation or Other Water Supply

Air Lift Plant at Plattsmouth, Neb., showing an Elevated Trough which brings the water from the Wells to the Reservoirs. Convinced by a. Test. One of many instances where actual tests have proven the value of the air lift system is given by J. C. Goodrich, Superintendent of the Water Works at the city of Grinnell, Iowa: “We began using the new compressor about the first of March and have run it an average of 13 hours per day ever since, pumping at the rate of 130 gallons per minute, with no expense for repairs. “We will admit that we were skeptical at first in regard to the efficiency of the air lift, but are now satisfied that it is the ideal way to raise water from an artesian well, as we have proved by actual test we can pump water cheaper with the air lift than with the ordinary artesian pump.” Wells a. Mile Apart. A great advantage of the Air Lift System over other methods of deep well pumping is pointed out by Superintendent B. Lewis, of the Corsicana (Tex.) Water Supply Company: “We have been using your air machine on two wells for about four years, and in February, 1902, we put on a third well. Your machine was guaranteed to blow two wells a mile apart, but it success- fully blows all three of our wells, and the last well is as far from the centre on one side as the second well is on the other side, of the city. When we put on the third well we increased the speed a little—about 15 revolutions per minute. “The three wells have a natural flow of about 95,000 gallons per day. We blow out about 700.000 gallons per day, and we see no decrease since we began with them.” 78