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How and Where to Get Your Water After the SHTF

So you have stored food, great! But how are you prepped for water? And what would you do without the sewer system? Keep reading for answers and options.
Pipe cutter

Moving Water Doesn’t Freeze, Except in Our Pipes

We are forced to make more repairs and improvements on our gravity-fed spring water thanks to freezing temperatures.
Roughly a cord of firewood stacked to dry

Prepper Diary January 16: Preparing for the Storm

More winter weather is headed our way as the blizzard that struck the Midwest travels east, promising snow and plunging temperatures.
These are the tools I carried to repair what I assumed was a broken pipe.

Our Latest Water Problem was Slipperier than I Thought

I set off up the mountain to fix our water supply only to find the problem was more complicated than expected.
A pile of freshly cut fire wood. Photo by Chandler Cruttenden on Unsplash.

Prepper Diary January 14: More Water Woes and Log Splitting Choices

I get to look forward to another chilly, muddy adventure climbing a mountain to repair or spring-fed water system.
The track up the mountain in the snow and fog

Prepper Diary December 29: We Repair our Water System

Disasters never seem to happen when the weather is nice. We have to climb the mountain to repair our water system on a cold, wet, foggy day.
Woman bathing. Photo by bruce mars via Unsplash

How to Develop a Gravity-Fed Spring Water System Like Ours

Our gravity-fed water system gives us free, clean water even when the power is out or in a post-SHTF situation.
An old pitcher pump.Photo by Herbert Goetsch on Unsplash

Quarantine Day 42 – Well Pumps and Pressure Tanks

Our quarantine doldrums were interrupted by problems with our water supply.