Ummmmmm, try 600 feet from the house to the Spartan... That's a lot of feets and a lot of garden hose that would have to go over the P-Vines flower beds, thru the barn and across two roads...
The pump is the path of least resistence...
As fir the toilet workin'... Hey, I've rebuilt many a toilet in my day and I know it will work fine once I get some water to it...
BTW, John, you'd love the Wes Ginny ceptic system I put in back there... But I ain't divulging the details on it as yet...