Lake/stream water source change your prepping?

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Kaos

Discussion Starter · Jun 21, 2010

For those that have a water source on your property. Like a lake or stream that doesn't require a pump. Does it affect your preps of water?

Do you store less because of the ready source outside your home? Storing only drinking water?

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RedWoods

· #2 · Jun 21, 2010

We have a creek and springs on the property and have a 10k & 2500 gal 3/4 buried water tanks. They are all gravity feed to the house and most out buildings. Our preps have no bottled water and don't really like drinking out of those unhealthy plastic things. We use a Big Berkey and many spare filters in the house and several portable filters we use on hiking and prospecting trips. In our water preps a dozen bottles of water treatment tablets & liquids. Also several GI 5 gal plastic water cans we use when we go to places with no/limited water. The house is about 1/2 mile from a fairly clean river.

There are many small creeks and springs in most areas we travel so water has not been a problem.

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Lowdown3

· #3 · Jun 21, 2010

Course these should be considered BACKUPS as fallout, chemical or biological contamination could render them unusable for an extended period of time. Also something as simple as a diseased animal falling in the water could start up the food chain sort of speak.

The bigger consideration is that OTHERS will be accessing ground water points. In other words, having the only lake in the area could be a detriment to you more than a blessing. Think about it.

And for the "can't we all just get along" crowd- consider that if you open up your land and water source to every Joe Blow that comes down the pike, your opening it up to contamination, both intentional and unintentional. Also, then it's considered a "resource" and pretty soon it's "hey man water is EVERYBODY'S."

You have to remember that with today's TV watching, "de owe's me!" socialist crowd, YOUR stuff is THEIR stuff in their mind.

You might think that letting a couple of folks in to get water from your pond would be helpful, pretty soon you'll have a group of squatters living on your place.

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MikeK

· #4 · Jun 21, 2010

I don't have a source on my current property, but even if I had multiple sources, I'd still store as much as I possibly could. I can see a number of reasons why I might not want to venture out to my source to get water, when having water stored would be safer. Or if there was a situation that caused my source to be contaminated beyond useability, or to stop flowing.

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Kaos

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jun 22, 2010

RedWoods said:
There are many small creeks and springs in most areas we travel so water has not been a problem.

That is what I was thinking until the reply below.

Lowdown3 said:
Course these should be considered BACKUPS as fallout, chemical or biological contamination could render them unusable for an extended period of time. Also something as simple as a diseased animal falling in the water could start up the food chain sort of speak.

The bigger consideration is that OTHERS will be accessing ground water points. In other words, having the only lake in the area could be a detriment to you more than a blessing. Think about it.

And for the "can't we all just get along" crowd- consider that if you open up your land and water source to every Joe Blow that comes down the pike, your opening it up to contamination, both intentional and unintentional. Also, then it's considered a "resource" and pretty soon it's "hey man water is EVERYBODY'S."

You have to remember that with today's TV watching, "de owe's me!" socialist crowd, YOUR stuff is THEIR stuff in their mind.

You might think that letting a couple of folks in to get water from your pond would be helpful, pretty soon you'll have a group of squatters living on your place.

Lowdown3

I live in an area where surface water is everywhere. I am not sure that I would have problems with people coming to my place for it. I am not far from the Quabbin which is used to feed water to Boston, MA. But the thought of dead animals contaminating my sources never crossed my mind.

MikeK said:
I don't have a source on my current property, but even if I had multiple sources, I'd still store as much as I possibly could. I can see a number of reasons why I might not want to venture out to my source to get water, when having water stored would be safer. Or if there was a situation that caused my source to be contaminated beyond useability, or to stop flowing.

I am storing all my potable water. I was thinking of reducing the non-potable because of it's availablity. Venturing out to it could become an issue depending on weather. I would pass both sources during property/perimeter checks if the time came for them.

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kev

· #6 · Jun 22, 2010

Kaos said:
For those that have a water source on your property. Like a lake or stream that doesn't require a pump. Does it affect your preps of water?

Instead of trying to stockpile water, I'am focus more on water filters, and ways to make the water safe to drink.

I arranged a couple of deals and got 2 berkey water filters. This way I can filter the water from the stream, instead of having to stockpile a lot of water.

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Kaos

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jun 23, 2010

kev said:
Instead of trying to stockpile water, I'am focus more on water filters, and ways to make the water safe to drink.

I arranged a couple of deals and got 2 berkey water filters. This way I can filter the water from the stream, instead of having to stockpile a lot of water.

I finally had time to look at those filters. They seem like they would do the job. Although they say they will do 3000 gallons per filter they need to be cleaned every 30 gallons.

Each element has a life of 3000 gallons. An incredible 6000 gallons for a 2 filter system (less than 2 cents per gallon of water). This is possible because of the filters unique ability to be cleaned up to 100 times using a 3M Scotch Brite Pad.

I might have to pick up a couple filters. Looks like a good thing to have on hand either way.

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foust1012

· #8 · Jun 23, 2010

check out www.berkeyproducts.com for your filters. That is where I bought mine.

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ackbob

· #9 · Jun 23, 2010

I have a spring in the basement that right now I have to pump out every few hours (sump pump controling it now) and will just divert it into my storage tanks and then a water filter (even though I have had it tested and it is pure and clean

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Jungleboy

· #10 · Jun 23, 2010

I don't bother with the Water because my Property has three Cold Water Springs on it, and two Wells. Add to this the fact that not more than 500ft. from my Front Door, there is a Stream/River. I have a Mom that lives a Mile and a half away, and she has the same stream running 50ft past her house.

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