While it is not uncommon for farmers and ranchers to have their animals drink from creeks, ponds or other surface water sources, many are turning to alternatives to providing drinking water for livestock. The easy-to-install solar water pump is a very reliable way to pump water from the well to the ground storage tank, or from the surface to the high altitude. Some government agencies even provide cash grants to farmers and ranchers if they agree to graze from nearby creeks and streams and install alternative water supplies, such as wells using solar pumping methods. Solar pump system components The most basic forms of solar pumps include small direct current (DC) solar pumps, pump controllers, one or more solar modules, replacement well caps, wires and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes. Anyone who can use a screwdriver and a pipe wrench should be able to assemble a solar pump kit. These systems are very basic. They do not require a power inverter or battery, and it is safer to u...