What happens when the water stops flowing?
Whether it’s a power outage, contaminated municipal water, drought, equipment failure, or a long-term grid-down situation, water is one dependency you can’t afford to ignore.
In this episode of The Survival and Basic Badass Podcast, Chuck and Kevin break down practical ways to build a water supply that’s harder to disrupt. We cover rainwater collection, how much water you can actually collect from a roof, storage tanks and barrels, gravity-fed systems, wells, 12-volt solar well pumps, hand pumps, shallow well points, ponds and surface water, and the importance of testing and treating the water you plan to use.
More importantly, we look at water as a system. Having a well doesn't help much if you can't pump from it when the power goes out. Stored water eventually runs out. A backup that depends on the same thing as your primary system may not really be a backup at all.
The goal isn't to predict the disaster. It's to identify what your life depends on and build alternatives before you need them.
Build a life that's hard to disrupt.
Topics include:• Rainwater collection and storage• Wells and off-grid pumping• 12-volt and solar-powered well pumps• Hand pumps and shallow well points• Gravity-fed water systems• Water testing and contamination• Backup water sources• Building redundancy into your homestead water supply
Learn more about the Hard to Disrupt approach at hardtodisrupt.com.
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