Mobile pumping apparatus

In a movable pumping apparatus for pumping water out of a body of water in the ground, the combination of:

• a submersible pumping unit comprising an elongated, rigid discharge pipe having an intake end for insertion down into the body of water and an opposite discharge end, said discharge pipe containing a hydraulic motor-driven pump for pumping the water up through the pipe from its intake end to its discharge end;
• a wheeled cart for holding the discharge pipe near the body of water;
• a power-operated winch on said cart, and a cable operated by the winch and attachable to the discharge pipe for raising and lowering the intake end of the discharge pipe and suspending the pipe in the body of water;
• a pipe support supporting the discharge pipe from below near its discharge end;
• and means horizontally pivoting said pipe support on the cart for angular adjustment in unison with the discharge pipe as its intake end is lowered or raised by the winch-operated cable.