Category: Water

How and Where to Drill Your Well Video

How and Where to Drill Your Well Video

How and Where to Drill Your Well Video If you don’t live near a moving body of fresh water or if getting to that fresh water could be an issue at your bug out location. You will want to drill/dig a well.  This process could actually be life saving someday and if the water is …

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DIY Rainwater Catchment Cistern

DIY Rainwater Catchment Cistern

DIY Rainwater Catchment Cistern A while ago, one of our followers on our Facebook asked a question regarding her defunct cistern. One end had been breached by tree roots and the property owner before her had begun to fill it with odds and ends including concrete bricks. Her question to the group was should she …

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Tips On Reusing Containers For Water Storage

Tips On Reusing Containers For Water Storage

Tips On Reusing Containers For Water Storage Recycle, reuse, and renew! But when you do so to store water for the future do so with caution. Reusing plastic containers is good for not only your pocket book but our planet. Just make sure that you’re using the right plastic for the right job. For tips …

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DIY Rainwater Harvesting

DIY Rainwater Harvesting Tower

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Rainwater Harvesting Harvesting rainwater has become more and more important as we are seeing more contamination of our traditional supply. Which could add to the overload we are already seeing in areas where water is rationed during the summer months. If you chose to go off grid or are …

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Finding Water Along the Way

Finding Water Along the Way Bugging out or trying to get home during a crisis could mean hiking on foot, or by any means of travel still available. Especially if you’re on your own water will be an important supply. The majority of us can’t carry the recommended amount of water necessary to make a 3-4 …

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Solar Powered Salt Water Distiller

Solar Powered Salt Water Distiller Water security is an important issue for everyone world wide, not just preppers and no longer just in third world countries. This simple solar powered salt water distiller can change the lives of those who live with the daily struggle to find fresh drinking water. The featured article is about putting …

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DIY Clay Filter for Radioactive Water

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Clay Filter for Radioactive Water With all the nuclear accidents in the last decade the possibility of contaminated radioactive water is sadly real. However, mother earth has her own way of filtering out those radioactive particles. You can make your own filter using clay as an earthen filter. Note …

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Long Term Water Solutions For Hunkering Down

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Long Term Water Solutions For Hunkering Down   Survival sites talk a lot about bugging out in a crisis. But from my own research, I have found that the majority of us at least hope to be able to hunker down and ride it out on our property in …

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Survival Water Mistakes That Can Make You Sick

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Survival Water Mistakes That Can Make You Sick Survival sites of all kinds discuss water safety all the time. Why? Because it is the number one need for human survival. It can also be the most deadly if not properly stored and purified before drinking. Everyone in the USA …

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Six Part Survival System – ÖKO Odyssey™

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Six Part Survival System ÖKO Odyssey™ I unashamedly admit I am an equipment junkie! I love all the new prepping gear that is beginning to hit the market. I feel it’s about time! It is an indicator that preparedness is becoming more mainstream. More venders are wanting into the …

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