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-How a hydraulic ramp pump works
+_How a hydraulic ramp pump works_
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-Watering livestock is a typical use-case for a hydraulic ram pump.
+_Watering livestock is a typical use-case for a hydraulic ram pump._
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-Internal workings of the ram pump: Water flows down the drive pipe (from the right), and out of the waste valve (4), until a critical speed is reached, and the waste valve snaps shut, causing a pressure spike that directs the water into the air vessel, from where it’s pushed up the delivery pipe, until the speed of flow is reduced until the waste valve opens again and the cycle repeats. Image: [W Bryan Smith, Clemson University](https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/homemade-hydraulic-ram-pump-for-livestock-water/).
+_Internal workings of the ram pump: Water flows down the drive pipe (from the right), and out of the waste valve (4), until a critical speed is reached, and the waste valve snaps shut, causing a pressure spike that directs the water into the air vessel, from where it’s pushed up the delivery pipe, until the speed of flow is reduced until the waste valve opens again and the cycle repeats. Image: [W Bryan Smith, Clemson University](https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/homemade-hydraulic-ram-pump-for-livestock-water/)._
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-Use a little home-made hydram to raise water to an abandoned greenhosue, rather than having to carry buckers of water up from the local stream.
+_Use a little home-made hydram to raise water to an abandoned greenhosue, rather than having to carry buckers of water up from the local stream._
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-Range of cast iron, manufactured hydraulic ram pumps.     Image: [Blake’s Hydram](https://blakeshydram.co.uk/)
+_Range of cast iron, manufactured hydraulic ram pumps.     Image: [Blake’s Hydram](https://blakeshydram.co.uk/)_
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-PVC drive pipe running down a stream to a hydram. Galvanized steel is a more robust material for a drive pipe, but isn’t always possible if there are twists and turns in the journey to the pump.
+_PVC drive pipe running down a stream to a hydram. Galvanized steel is a more robust material for a drive pipe, but isn’t always possible if there are twists and turns in the journey to the pump._
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-Home-made hydraulic ram pump (flow is right to left).     Image: [W Bryan Smith, Clemson University](https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/homemade-hydraulic-ram-pump-for-livestock-water/).
+_Home-made hydraulic ram pump (flow is right to left).     Image: [W Bryan Smith, Clemson University](https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/homemade-hydraulic-ram-pump-for-livestock-water/)._
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 ## Further resources
+- [Appropedia](https://www.appropedia.org/Hydraulic_Ram_pump) - hydraulic ram pump
+- [Manual for installing a hydraulic ram pump](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/hydram.pdf)
+- [How Stuff Works](https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/question318.htm) - how a hydraulic ram pump works
+- [Instructables](https://www.instructables.com/Hoo-to-build-a-Hydraulic-Ram-Pump/) - how to build and install a hydraulic ram pump
+- [Journey to Forever](https://www.journeytoforever.org/at_waterpump.html) - water-powered water pumps
+- [Homemade hydraulic ram pump](http://www.judyofthewoods.net/diy/ram_pump.html)
-## Specialist(s)
+## Specialist curators of this topic