For those w/o a well, how are you fixed

[Gunfighter14e2]

for potable & none potable water? Do you have a way to pressurize you hideout/home with it?

 

[Rocketvapor]

31psi 2.5 " Artesian pressure well feeds the whole compound.
Requires high flow low restriction faucets though.

 

[Mike Casselton]

About a half mile from my house is a natural spring that pumps out something on the the order of 22m gallons per day.
I can share that with my neighbors who aren't afraid to drink water that comes out of a hole.


I know the others prefer bottled spring water...

 

[SONIC SAAMI]

Who needs a well.
if I need water I’ll walk down and dip a pail out of the creek then boil it on the wood stove.

 

[buffalowinter]

My stock pond.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Water is for pussies

 

[Fx51LP308]

City Water and Sewer for me (well County Water Utility), but I don't trust that water for drinking/cooking. I can barely shower and brush teeth with it.

Bottled water only for drinking/cooking.

 

[nikonNUT]

Have a well but need to bring it back online. New submersible pump and pressure tank, battery and solar back up would be nice, and a way to tie in an old fashioned hand pump wouldn't be a bad idea. My other place? Year round creek and a spring 15 feet across the dirt road.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Have a well but need to bring it back online. New submersible pump and pressure tank, battery and solar back up would be nice, and a way to tie in an old fashioned hand pump wouldn't be a bad idea. My other place? Year round creek and a spring 15 feet across the dirt road.

I’ve got county at the house, a well, and a hand pump in the backyard. The hand pump needs a new leather seal but is tied to the well

 

[cas6969]

Water is for pussies

"I only drink the blood of my enemies.



That and the occasional strawberry Yoohoo."

 

[Mudburner]

I catch rainwater off the roofs: barn, farmhouse, & workshop building. The barn fills a concrete horse trough 6'x8' x30" deep and never gets used much. It turns green in the hot weather... The house feeds into a 7000 gallon underground concrete cistern, which feeds a small sink with handpump in the house. I heat water with wood. This last year I hauled drinking water in 2x 50 gallon plastic food grade drums, as well as in 2 liter soda bottles. I have an Amish built farm.

 

[Aftermath]

2 creeks, 3 ponds, liberal tears, well...working on solar pump for it

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

I'm restarting a hand dug/driven well project from 12 years ago. Even though the lake is right across the road, I don't want to be the lone Gazelle seeking water on the Serengeti if shit goes south. Where I'm drilling there are known huge boulders & plenty of ledge rock. Mostly clay & small rocks so far, in the 5 1/2 - 6" hole. Down to 8 foot now & it looks like a 4" casing will not be needed for awhile. Lake level when low is 46' below drilling location and closest horizontal lake water is 75+/- yds, so finding sand/gravel 4-5' below low lake level would be nice. Pump will be a DTH 12V d/c I can run from panels if need be, as well as a drop pipe & foot valve for the high pressure hand pump. Will have the water tested and have a good stock of black Berkeys if need be. Back up to simple filtering is plenty of sand & white tee shirts if it has to come to that.