Water pump for residential irrigation from rain-water storage?

Home Guy · 2011-07-06T01:23:15+00:00

What sort of electric water pump is suitable to power a residentialsprinkler system fed from rain-water storage barrels?I've got about 340 gallons of rain-water storage contained in a handfulof food-grade plastic barrels that I want to manifold together to feedan electric water pump that can be connected to a 1 or 2 head sprinklersystem in place of municipal water supply.I don't want to spend a fortune on a pump, ideally $100 or less. Thepump would have to be a non-submersible type (I don't want to put it inany of the barrels). This rules out a lot of sump and sewage-typepumps.Any ideas?