Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

I am thinking that I would need to take water from near the surface of the pond and will need to use some kind of stone filter.

Has anyone seen an aerator run by a mill? One that sits under the mill and pumps air to a pond through a hose.

One reason I asked is, a windmill repairman told me I could not suck the water laterally that far. He said the only way would be to get a big hoe and dig a trench from the pond to under the mill below the water level and thus make a well full of water below the mill. Not sure I believe him. But then ...

I have a windmill sitting on a bank by my pond. It is probably 30 feet horizontally from the water and 12-15 feet above the water level. Is it possible to pump from that pond if I put a cylinder a few feet below the ground under the mill?