Hi livingwater,
Is the location on the other side in a lower elevation then the spring?
If it is,I think a simple pipe from the spring to that location could
get the water there without a pump.
Just like you can empty a bucket of water with a small pipe over the edge.
In france they call it a "siphon".
The problem of a siphon is often air in the highest point of the pipe.
If water is flowing fast enough the bubbles go out with the waterflow.
But if natural flow is not fast enough (not enough pressure)you might
need a pump to drive the bubbles out.
With 300 feet you mean the water has to be elevated over 300' vertical or
is the way to the crest 300'?
Wat I'm not sure about the maximum height water can be 'sucked up'.
Might be about 10 meters but I'm totaly unsure about this.I will try to figure it
out and tell it if I find.Someone on this board knows?
I think you have first to do some work of mesuring.
You have to know the exact(well say roughly exact)elvetion from the spring
to the crest and the elevation from the other location to the crest.
As well as linear distance of the locations.
In any case it is better to put a pipe dirictly from the spring to the
other location.At least the water that's 'sucking' on the other side of
the hill will allow for a smaller pump and/or smaller pipe diameter.
If the elevation from the spring to the crest is really 300 feet it might be quite
tricky because very high pressures are involved.
If you want to put watert in bottles maybe better do it at the spring location.
If you have figured out the 'exact' geometry of the traject of the pipe
you can make engineer desisions like pipediameter and pump,but geometry
is a necesery step.
When you have this information I hope some guys of this board can help you
thinking further.
About hydroenergy:well maybe if you make the water go down you might make some
energy but if you want to drink it you have to bring it up again,what costs
the same energy.Don't waste precious water!
Wind energy for the pump?
Maybe.depends on the wind you have and the pump you have to use.
Wind/solar can be a solution but the pump can't be very powerfull.
Hope my thinking helps you
cheers,
Stonebrain.