I've been thinking about overshot wheels lately because the efficiency is surprisingly high and I have plenty of flow (last year I measured roughly 800 gallons/minute) but not a whole lot of head (I can get 4 feet with little effort, 10-15 feet with a lot more effort and then 30 feet if I stretch it out somewhere between 150 to 200 yards).

low head propeller turbines are neat and would work well but I'd need a lot of large diameter plastic tubing for the discharge side and that stuff isn't cheap. A wheel seems like the cheaper but still very practical option and I think it could be aesthetically pleasing in a way.

depending on where it goes I could just pour some concrete or drill into rock and anchor it that way, plus I can weld stuff :think_bread:

I just keep seeing conflicting information on bucket design and wheel diameter and I easily get lost in the weeds on theory and reading when I really just need to get off my ass and start trying stuff.