freddy
.308 Win
Curious about your specific long/short term plan for drinking water in the absence of electricity or gasoline.
Drinking Water
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masterswimmer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Set up a tarp, a leader to a cistern, then a rain dance.
Or just a battery powered RO system.
Or just a battery powered RO system.
Bananabandit
.338 Win Mag
Go to the store and buy some. Duh.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
I've got a great big reservoir, er...pool in the back yard and chlorine to sanitize it.
4excal
.338 Win Mag
Dozens of Lifestraws. Sip cow piss in the puddle if I need...(or drink the Pool if I stayed home)
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
If I can get enough money together
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freddy
.308 Win
Now THIS is outstanding! If you have less than 30' head the shallow water version of this pump would also work. Indoors if desired.
Not certain how practical this feature is but apparently these pumps will pressurize the well tank for delivery throughout the house.
I've seen one of these hand pumps for around $500 without the black pipe. I wish I could find where it was.
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
During extended periods of shtf to have an adequate supply of clean water as this pump would supply would be a god send . A water filter is fine but If the grid goes down for an extended period the pressure canner will be working overtime . That alone will take a lot of clean water ... Then you have baths ,washing clothes and the like ... If it is just to keep the little woman happy . A generator is great but at times it will not start and perhaps you would not need one that has 220 and one can spend less money .
freddy
.308 Win
Exactly.
Additionaly, if radioactive fallout were to be an issue then well water would be the only safe ongoing source.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
For a little while.
freddy
.308 Win
In what way?
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
The water in the ground came from the surface at some point. After a radiological event, the radioactive water at the surface will eventually migrate down.
freddy
.308 Win
Ah, I see what you're saying. I believe that with fallout the water itself is not radioactive, rather the particulates/dust are radioactive. So just like the earth filters well water during for us right now, so would it in a radioactive fallout environment.
This is why any water source exposed to the atmosphere (pond, pool, lake, or even tarp/raindance) will be problematic in a fallout scenario.
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Bushmaster
.308 Win
Look at Goyabean post. https://nygunforum.com/threads/old-fashion-hand-pump-for-well.9239/
You don't need to use black pipe? think just the regular plastic tubing well pipe is ok?
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
I don't know how it works with fallout, but I know of one community - Harriman, Ny - which found out the vilage well is located in an aquifer with radioactive rock formations. The water its self - not particulates in the water - is radioactive.
Yep! I got 22,500 gallons of pristine water just waiting to be boiled, lol... And enough ammo to protect it.
Not worried about radioactivity, not one bit, lol. If Armageddon comes in the form of radioactive fallout in the area we live in, then nothing is going to help, fresh water be damned ; )
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
About 6-8 drops of regular plain Clorox type bleach is enough to sanitize 1 gallon of water. Its also a lot more energy efficient than boiling.
Bushmaster
.308 Win
Enough ammo, needs enough friends with ya firing it. 50 zombies surrounding you alone with all the ammo in world just sits ALONE !!
Instead of being alone with 10,000 rounds I would choose 5,000 rounds with four friends LOL. 1000 rounds each person.
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freddy
.308 Win
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Yup. I assumed the water its self was the issue, otherwise, filtration / flocculation would remove it.
masterswimmer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Nepera, there were problems with Nepera going back over 40 years when I moved into MWCSD.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Nepera is a whole different animal. They used some nasty chemicals there and I have a feeling the damage is still being done, even after the buildings and plant were torn down.
masterswimmer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Agreed, hence my introducing their name into your discussion about Harriman well water.
Enough ammo, needs enough friends with ya firing it. 50 zombies surrounding you alone with all the ammo in world just sits ALONE !!
Hahaha, but then I'd have to share my water and it'll run out 4x faster
Have enough mags stacked to handle 50... Maybe just enough room for one friend then to reload mags and swap guns ; )
Lol
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
i have a creek a few hundred yards from me .. been drinking it since i was a teen while swimming in it ... big lake a few miles away and drank a lot of that water too while tubing and water skiing ... i know of a open well at where i hunt , was drinking that from the bucket on the rope since in was 6 .. never had a issue ..
nfernaays
.45 acp
Got two ponds/ swamps behind the house, plus one of these:
Big Berkey™ Water Filter System with 2 Black Berkey™ Filters
With some spare filters already good to go!
Big Berkey™ Water Filter System with 2 Black Berkey™ Filters
With some spare filters already good to go!