[Water] General

lper100km · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: [Water] General

A stream runs partially within my property line and is always flowing. However, it’s catchment area is mostly a golf course and is likely full of fertilizer and weed killer runoff. When TSHTF, I doubt there will be many golfers, or people interested in maintaining golf courses, so I would expect the pollution levels to drop. Otherwise, it’s filtered, boiled and stored rainwater, which we have in abundance. I have a metal roof, which permits clean water runoff and limits algae growth. I just need to hook up a bunch of barrels to the downcomers. Of course, when TSHTF, I might not even be here, so who knows?

mercurygirl · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jan 29, 2006 Posts: 1185

joelcolorado · Intermediate Crude Joined: May 25, 2008 Posts: 683

You can make a solar distiller with a sheet of plastic or plexiglas too. It will make enough water to drink which is all you need clean water for. I mean really clean.
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Micki · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: [Water] General

joelcolorado · Intermediate Crude Joined: May 25, 2008 Posts: 683

USe the same principle you would use for getting water in the desert but use water instead of leaves and cactus. You need funnlel shaped depression with plastic over it, a can under the plasting in the center and a pebble in the top of the plastic to make it funnel downwar. Put polluted water in the depression and it will evaporate, gather on the plastic, run down the funnel shape and drip off the ip of the plastic into your can. Chemicals remain in the other water containers aroudn the perimeter..

PeakOiler · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:42 am Post subject: Re: [Water] General