Q How can I make it easier to prime the seasonal water system at my summer cottage next spring? It’s a time-consuming pain and there must be a better way. A Seasonal water systems typically draw water ...

Adding this simple shutoff valve to the supply is the key to easily priming a water pump. If you pump water seasonally from a river or lake for irrigation or household use, you’re faced with what ...

Fire pump primers may not be glamorous, but priming systems are critical to pump drafting performance. Pulling a prime quickly is key to fast water delivery, a basic fireground necessity. Last month, ...

There are thousands of seasonal water systems in the world, and most of them are in rural areas. And while it’s great to have running water at lakeside cottages, cabins and irrigations systems, ...

Consider the consequences of a priming system malfunction or failure during a drafting procedure at a working structure fire. A delay in delivering water, or no water delivery at all, is likely to ...