Yes, there is a type of pump that does just what you’re describing, in fact there’s more than one. It sounds too good to be true, but you really can use water power to pump water.

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Which brings us to the water pump in Schiller Woods. It’s a hand pump, just south of West Irving Park Road, near Cumberland Avenue. There’s nothing conspiratorial about it, and if you know the ...