Solar-Powered Lens Water Purification The project set up by Buffalo sophomore Deshawn Henry is one he hopes will contribute to insuring the world will always have access to clean safe drinkable water. His prototype is determining the appropriate thickness and angles etc.. to make this a doable project for the rest of us. Once those factors …
Water Storage Basics & FAQ Water storage is one of the most important preps we can have. In the past year we have had location after location with contaminated water. People standing in lines waiting for government trucks to hand out bottled water, grocery shelves emptied of not just water but most other beverages as …
Hand Powered Deep Water Pump In times of drought even our own home dug water wells can go dry! The deeper you dig your well the more likely you are to be able to keep the water flowing. But another fact of water wells is that the deeper you go down the more power is …
Reusing Plastic Water Bottles There has been a lot of controversy regarding reusing plastic water bottles. It only seems logical that since they only had clear water in them that simply refilling them with more clean water should be safe enough a time or two. There are those that feel that reusing a plastic water …
Distilling Water at Home As most of us know there was a water crisis in Ohio in 2014. After a few weeks Toledo residents were being told their water was safe once again. But news sources told us it was not over. The algae producing toxins in the water didn’t reach their peak for another month! Boiling the water didn’t help in …
10 Tips to Stop Wasting Water Water is the most precious resource to life on earth. Everything that lives or grows requires some sort of water. It is one of the first utilities that are knocked out during a disaster and the one that we most prep for knowing that without it we die. We …
Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle I would never have thought to boil water in plastic! The video below shows it can indeed be done. But it claims to make the water safe to drink. I wonder about that! We are told that these bottles left in a vehicle in the heat can cause the plastic …
DIY Tri-pod Water Filter After finding yourself safely away from what ever SHTF scenario has caused your being in a survival situation and protecting yourself physically from the elements particularly extreme cold or heat. Your very next priority has to be water. Without water you can not survive no matter how much ammo or other …
Harvesting Rainwater for Residential Water Security Water next to shelter is the most important of human needs. It is topped by shelter only if you’re in an area where the environmental elements will do you in before the need for water. The human body can go only three days without water, and during those three …
Procuring Water in a Survival Situation Using the rule of 3, you have 3 days to obtain safe drinkable water, or you won’t make it. But surviving entails more than just staying alive for those 3 days… you have to be able to function, to keep going, to seek out shelter etc. Assuming you can …
