Alternative Ideas # 2

[Okiepan]

So how is your water supply ? Do you rely on public services for water ? Do you have a well ? Back up power ? Filtration systems ? Y'all get the gest of the questions , Back up plans , Remember Livestock and Crops need water as well as people .

 

[NH Homesteader]

We have a private well, two generators and a stream that runs through the property most of the year. We’re good until propane runs out…

 

[tortoise]

Private well, electric pump, generator. About 10 gallons in jugs in the basement for drinking water for short power outages or if something happens to DH and/or generator. Also a river goes through my property, for a long term EOTWAWKI

 

[Mini Horses]

Deep well. Generator. Hand dug well with bucket and rivers nearby. Plenty of rain barrels which stay pretty full, water exchanged to garden periodically.

Now, most of us have seed!!! Situations you're igniting will require seeds. Those of us with birds and dairy...we're in decent shape. Plus most on here freeze, can, dehydrate to preserve food harvests.

Save your seed.

 

[Hinotori]

We have a well. I can hook it up to a generator if needed, but it's a real hassle.

We have 2 streams and are on the edge of a 40 some acre pond that is connected to a 30 some acre pond. They are shallow at under 6 feet so they are covered with lily pads during warm weather. No algae issues because of that. Hauling water is doable but also a pain.

The very shallow, tiny seasonal ponds out front get used for chicken water in late autumn/winter sometimes depending on rainfall early in the season. Usually I catch rainwater for them as well. They prefer it to the well water that is high in iron.

 

[baymule]

O community water here. But have a contract on the farm and am moving to son's rent house on 2 acres. On community water there too and it's not even very good water. Tastes brackish, like water in coastal areas.

But I will be looking for a new place and I have my checklist.

 

[Okiepan]

Filtration systems are based on your needs , I can only suggest items that I have knowledge of , Portawell, Berkey , Charcoal , sand , Straw , Iodine , chlorine etc I would suggest just to research your needs for the storage you have , For electric wells back up power or manual buckets, Again based on your needs people and Livestock are two different areas

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

we have a well and a generator as well. I save bottles of water in the cellar as well, and then change them out every 9-12 months (give it to the garden or animals).

My goal this year is a rain barrel-though it is hit or miss around here with rain. I have also thought/looked into canning quarts or liters of water.

We do have a river down the road that has public access that we could haul from and purify/boil.

 

[Britesea]

private well with dual power (electric/solar) and we live in an area that gets sun something like 350 days a year. Also fairly close to a river, although that water is chancy in the summer due to algae bloom

 

[flowerbug]

My thought on canning was to steer clear of plastic. We don't buy milk in plastic jugs-so all I have are a few water jugs that I had originally bought for hauling water from the house to the chickens. I will have to ponder this alternate idea

i actually agree with you there for most things i use glass myself. water storage for flushing toilets can be in plastic, i won't be drinking it. i'm also ok drinking water out of the plastic water jugs that water normally comes in because, it's cold water and never heated, i'm old enough that a few plastic chemicals aren't going to kill me or harm me any more than all the plastics already on the food we buy or whatever else that comes into contact with the foods and drinks we get. i'd love a few five gallon glass jugs but there's no room for them here. as it is i have fun trying to wedge these eight gallon jugs in my closet as it is.

i have some gallon glass jars i use for storing beans (old saurkraut or pickle jars) which i would use for water if it were just me here alone, but with Mom around it's too much of a hazard to have something like that around and she'd also not like it on the counter or in the fridge or ... smaller jars like quart and pint sized canning jars i use quite often in food storage in the fridge and freezer and i'm happy she's ok with doing that so i don't really need to rock the boat any more. sometimes picking battles and other times leaving things alone is just how to get alone. win some, lose some - laugh either way ...

oh and i just remembered we have some half gallon canning jars which are great. probably could find gallon canning jars too... if i did that i'd just reuse lids from canned goods if the lids were in good enough condition to seal up the water, but i'd not go through the bother of actually heating them and sealing them. a lot of the time i can just warm up the lid and then put a ring on and crank it down tight enough and that will seal enough.