There’s no denying that water is among your most critical assets.
But going off grid, you won’t find it automatically ready and on tap
unless you’ve set up one kind of system or another.
In the most obvious of ways, you cannot survive without water – but did you think ahead about where to get
it, and how to store and transport it?
Especially if you are just starting out with your off grid home or
survival shelter, securing potable
water for your most basic needs may be very difficult.
Water is quite heavy, and hence, any large containers will be very
difficult to carry or transport if you don’t think ahead.
This couple addressed their solutions to dealing with
water while living off grid in their RV for the first year:
At the time of posting this video, we’ve been living in an RV on our land
for just over four months. We arrived on our property in September of 2015
and had to get to work quickly to prepare for winter. This entailed
installing our septic system, getting our travel trailer protected from the
elements, and finding a way to keep things from freezing as we don’t have
access to power and don’t run our generator non-stop. Getting to our
land and getting situated wasn’t cheap…
Needless to say, we weren’t eager to drop thousands of dollars on
a well at this point in the game. We did, however, come up with a
solution that works for us with minimal efforts.
We know lots of you have your own ideas on alternative solutions
such as IBC tanks, cisterns, water barrels, etc. We thought through
many of these things and in the blog post, covered why we didn’t use each
one.
During their first year, hauling water back to their site from a water
station where they filled up at 25 cents a gallon seemed to be the best, and most
affordable solution.
With about 100 gallons a week to be comfortable (for two people), they cut
back on extra showers and running water, and figured out how to get by. They
hauled it in these very
workable 6 gallon containers – the most they could comfortably carrying
without feeling unnecessary strain.
Back at their RV, they set them up on a shelf one at a time, and used
gravity to feed the water through a few simple tubes into their plumbing
supply – and stored the others close enough to the wood stove to keep them
from icing when the weather was freezing.
It isn’t glamorous or sophisticated, but this couple sees the value in
simplicity.
Down the road, they will likely think about drilling a well or
establishing other long-term water solutions.
Many off grid homes have successfully utilized rainwater collection for
all of their water needs. It just depends upon your resources and innovation
to harvest and filter it for use.
Read more:
Worst Mistakes To Avoid When Going Off Grid: “We Wish We’d
Known”
The Prepper’s
Blueprint: Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Through Any Disaster
Off-Grid SHTF Survival: Ancient Technology for Refrigeration
Regulated out of Existence: Off-Gridders Forced back on the
Grid, Camping on own land Illegal
