Household vacuum cleaners question?

It suck on one side, cleana through water and releases on the other side...its a huge bong dude
OH OK, I was searching to try to see something IN the water. I did actually have a pump powered bong in the 80's. I lacked the inventiveness to introduce some sort of controls on it & it was very wasteful. Not vey portable either as it was 120v. Now if it was 12v. I'da been all set.