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East of Broken Bow | Pretty sure that is a Mirafount
The 'proper' way to have it setup is to glue the elbow to the top of the riser pipe. Everything should be situated so that you have a 1/4 turn ball valve, with drain that sits directly below the second pipe. To turn water on and off, you would use a tool that goes down the 2nd pipe, and engages the valve. The Mirafount waterers are meant to have the bottom permanently mounted (and well sealed) to your pad, with all routine work done from the top by removing the lid. If using the waterer a lot, this would be the way I would go.
If you don't want to do that, the suggestion of the flex line seems like a good one. Glue it together to reach the bottom of the waterer, and have a loop of flex line/hose go down from there long enough to lift the waterer up. Look at how the Cobett waterers are set up, with a loop of flex hose, valve, and a quick-coupler right there as well, so you can remove the waterer easily. This way should work, and be the cheaper and easier way to go. The way the Cobett works is the pipe elbows down, and the hose makes a loop, just dropping down as you lower the tank/basin. If you click on the link, they have a kind of cutaway diagram of how the waterline is oriented on the home page.
https://cobett.com/
Click on 'photos' of either model to get more pics and a better idea of how it all goes together.
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Help with waterer
