Well pump down. Have water on hand and can haul water from neighbor. But a water availability crisis could be serious and not just plan for the short term. But what about the long term. How vulnerable might you be?

Thankfully if it gets scarce I have a friend with a 10 acre fresh water lake and filtering equipment. He has told me many times to head to his place if needed.

I live next to a stream and a pond. Several water purifiers on hand. A few food grade 55 gallon water drums in my basement.

You can (and should) buy a manual well pump from a reliable MFG. (Bison, Flojak, etc.)

I live near 646,565 acre-feet of water. I think i am set. Yes, I have filtering equipment.

PC

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
You can (and should) buy a manual well pump from a reliable MFG. (Bison, Flojak, etc.)

Yep. They are spendy, but priceless should the SHTF.

And your generator will likely not power your well pump.

One of the best places to store water is in a pool above or in-ground, drop in a floating chlorinator and you'll have all the clean water you want.

I have five, 55 gallon drums of treated water on hand and the means to filter it again. The drums were bought new from an outfit that makes them specifically for water. I’m of the opinion that water doesn’t go “bad”, it’s all in the collection & storage method. Treatment and subsequent filtering all but assures it’s potable. The drums below are my favorite.

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I have several sources in case of any emergency.

Rainwater goes from an asphalt shingle roof to several open rain barrels. They overflow into gardens when they need to. They are used for the gardens as needed. To keep down mosquitoes we have goldfish in the barrels. We don’t feed then and rarely clean out the barrels. Rain occasionally flushes the barrels. The fish make it on their own. Multiple times we have had fish last several years in this way.

On our metal pole barn we have gutters & downspouts feeding to large, commercial totes. I believe they are 275 gallons each. This filters through a 5 gallon screened bucket to get leaves and debris out.
Secondary filtering happens here with a recycled sand pool pump. Occasionally I will run this pump, drawing from bottom and exhausting back into the top of the tote. Doing this filters most of the smallest particulate matter. Still not potable, but pretty close. Granted, my pump is electric so I run this with some frequency and can then cap the tank and use it as needed.

To make the water good for cooking/drinking I think the final work would be boiling and then filtering through my countertop Berkey filter.

21,000 gallons of filtered and chlorinated in my back yard at all times.

As bugout routes may require travel through cities how many have a silcock key in their kit? This key will give access to the locked hose bibs on high rise buildings and ample water stored in their water supply lines.

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