No,a trash pump can be gas or electric.It has a suction hose on the inlet and a discharge on the outlet.You can push water a lot farther than you can pull it.Some pumps can handle trash(silt,dirt,small rocks etc)and are called trash pumps.Have you searched water pumps on the net?Probably learn everything you need that way.sending you a P M

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