A liquid filtering and transfer device, comprising: a substantially rigid, space enclosing housing said housing having a top end, a bottom end, a sidewall, and an inner cavity and wherein said sidewall of said housing has an inner surface and an outer surface; an electrically driven fluid transfer pump having an inlet manifold, surrounded by an inlet strainer, located in a vicinity of its lower end, said fluid transfer pump being disposed within said inner cavity of the housing, and having said inlet manifold located in a proximity of said bottom end of the housing, and wherein said inlet strainer has a plurality of strainer openings fluidly connecting said inlet manifold to said inner cavity, and wherein said strainer openings have a substantially similar strainer opening size; a plurality of openings traversing said sidewall, each of said openings fluidly connecting said inner surface of said sidewall to said outer surface of said sidewall, and wherein said openings have a maximum size that is smaller than said strainer opening size; an electrical power switch operative to switch said electrically driven fluid transfer pump between an operational state and a standby state; and a restrained floatation device comprising a restrained float restrained to move only in a substantially vertical direction, said restrained floatation device being functionally connected to said electrical power switch such that when a fluid level within said inner cavity of the housing falls below a preset height, said electrical power switch switches said electrically driven fluid transfer pump to said standby mode, thereby preventing said fluid transfer pump from running while dry and being damaged, wherein said liquid filtering and transfer device further comprises a burrowing attachment configured to enable the housing to be placed deeper into a bottom surface from where the fluid is to be extracted and to reduce frictional forces when the housing is being removed, said burrowing attachment being fixedly connected to said liquid filtering and transfer device in a vicinity of said bottom end of the housing a substantially rigid, space enclosing housing said housing having a top end, a bottom end, a sidewall, and an inner cavity and wherein said sidewall of said housing has an inner surface and an outer surface; an electrically driven fluid transfer pump having an inlet manifold, surrounded by an inlet strainer, located in a vicinity of its lower end, said fluid transfer pump being disposed within said inner cavity of the housing, and having said inlet manifold located in a proximity of said bottom end of the housing, and wherein said inlet strainer has a plurality of strainer openings fluidly connecting said inlet manifold to said inner cavity, and wherein said strainer openings have a substantially similar strainer opening size; a plurality of openings traversing said sidewall, each of said openings fluidly connecting said inner surface of said sidewall to said outer surface of said sidewall, and wherein said openings have a maximum size that is smaller than said strainer opening size; an electrical power switch operative to switch said electrically driven fluid transfer pump between an operational state and a standby state; and a restrained floatation device comprising a restrained float restrained to move only in a substantially vertical direction, said restrained floatation device being functionally connected to said electrical power switch such that when a fluid level within said inner cavity of the housing falls below a preset height, said electrical power switch switches said electrically driven fluid transfer pump to said standby mode, thereby preventing said fluid transfer pump from running while dry and being damaged, wherein said liquid filtering and transfer device further comprises a burrowing attachment configured to enable the housing to be placed deeper into a bottom surface from where the fluid is to be extracted and to reduce frictional forces when the housing is being removed, said burrowing attachment being fixedly connected to said liquid filtering and transfer device in a vicinity of said bottom end of the housing