of the technology is frequently smaller than for an oil well, and can typically fit on top of an existing hand-pumped well head. The technology is simple, typically using a parallel-bar double-cam lift driven from a low-power electric motor, although the number of pumpjacks with stroke lengths 54 in and longer being used as water pumps is increasing. A short video recording of such a pump in action can be viewed on YouTube.

Although the flow rate for a water well pumpjack is lower than that from a jet pump