Category: Water Storage / Procurement / Treatment
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Water Rights and Groundwater Access: How to Navigate Legal Complexities As A Prepper
You never know what water access will look like in an emergency, yet it’s the most critical, lifesaving thing to have in your kit. What if water is around but not drinkable? What open water sources can you pull from? Learn what you need to know so an upcoming disaster doesn’t compromise everything you’ve prepped…
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Emergency Water Storage: Best Practices for Wildfire Scenarios
Whether you’re a doomsday prepper or a concerned citizen in a vulnerable location, everyone should know how to keep and access water during a wildfire. It’s essential for survival and for staying strong in emergencies. Follow these best practices to prepare for trouble and maintain constant water security. Understanding Water Needs in Wildfire Situations In…
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Boil or Filter Water First? I May Have Been Wrong All Along…
When treating collected water for human consumption, I’ve long stated that you should definitely do more than just boil OR filter the water alone. Even though I very much believe in the effectiveness of the Berkey water filter system (and their black Berkey filters, in particular), you really don’t want to mess around with all…
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Your Water Supply is Vulnerable! Here’s What to Do About It…
This is a long video, but worth watching. Like the video starts out saying, water is a boring topic, until you don’t have any. And then it’s instantly the most important resource you could imagine! (Besides oxygen, I guess.) The sad truth is that we’re so accustomed to having clean, fresh, abundant water that we…
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How to Shower, Bathe, Drink, Potty, and More Without Running Water
The lady in the video below is right: we Americans just don’t realize how taken for granted water is in our modern society. If I remember correctly, the average American household uses a few hundred gallons of water daily. That may not sound like much, but that adds up to several thousand gallons of water…
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9 Water Conservation Tips for an Emergency
Water is wonderful. It’s the stuff of life, and something we often take for granted until disaster strikes. Suddenly, a reliable source of clean water becomes a top priority! Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes can quickly disrupt water infrastructure, leaving you struggling to meet your basic needs. But even in the face of an emergency, there are…
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Branches and Vines as Water Filters?
It’s as if nature provides a way to do almost everything we need. You just have to know where to start. Regarding primitive water filtration, the following video shows how to use a grape vine and Cyprus tree branch to filter rather scummy water. The technique is quite simple, as the most useful ideas are.…
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8 Essential Tips to Ensure Water Security in Emergencies
Water security is the most prominent issue when faced with runoff contamination, chemical spills, droughts, floods and other disasters. After all, it’s a critical resource essential for survival and one that sorely underestimated by most people, even preppers. While you can usually foresee inclement weather, other instances occur unexpectedly. It’s in these moments, in particular,…
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Water Glassing Eggs
I’d watched the following video a month or two ago; it talks about freeze-drying eggs, something I’m beginning to know all too well. But about halfway through it also discusses water glassing eggs, something I’ve never tried before. Note: I’ve started the video at the point where he discusses water glassing, if you’d like to…