Build a filter in a bucket and let the water drip into another when h20 is clean make a "Dakota fire hole" and boil it.
There are a lot of doctors that agree with you. Also, I doubt the biggest loss is with minerals but rather electrolytes.Been drinking distilled water for over 10 years.
Rain water and distilled water are essentially the same.
If you are worried about loss of minerals, there are always vitamins.
Boiling works for biologicals, but not chemical pollutants. I do keep some water purification tabs, but I see those more as a measure to use if I'm on the move. When you settle in somewhere, other methods can be used to get quality water. Whether rain collection, a solar still, etc.
GREAT advice, thank you!I did this about 30 years ago in Texas. Get a map of the rivers and creeks of the county your in. Look for a place where there are lakes that are spring fed and not fed by rivers or creeks... that's where I bought my land(5 stocked lakes that are spring fed) then they spill over and flow to the river.
GREAT advice, thank you!
The blood line is that blood vessel that runs right down the middle, right? Anyways, thanks for the info. A lot of this stuff we just aren't told or think about.There's probably a million failed lake communities in the US some have lakes that are fed by rivers others by springs. Too much pollution flowing down the creeks and rivers for me,lol... I'm sort of particular about things like catfish for instance or other fish I never eat below the blood line and I always take a knife and scrape backwards to remove the fat(purple looking stuff between the fillet and skin) that's where things like mercury are stored(they cant process it out).
yep..[/QUOTE]quote="JStates, post: 4797923, member: 313160"]The blood line is that blood vessel that runs right down the middle, right? Anyways, thanks for the info. A lot of this stuff we just aren't told or think about.
You should write a book on this stuff!If you dig a well milk will keep in a jar with a string tied around the lid and lowered into the well for about 3 o 4 days...
I guess with the fish you could bury the rest in your garden.yep..
You should write a book on this stuff!![]()
Boiling works for biologicals, but not chemical pollutants. I do keep some water purification tabs, but I see those more as a measure to use if I'm on the move. When you settle in somewhere, other methods can be used to get quality water. Whether rain collection, a solar still, etc.
I thought boiling works for chemicals as they usually have a lower boiling point but doesn't work for heavy metals however distillation will work for bothThere is no perfect system. Filters & disinfectants help with most chemicals & bacteria. Boiling will kill anything left living in the water so whatever chemicals may be left will have to be taken care of by having faith in Jesus.![]()
I think more than half would die off in the case of a prolonged power outage.One big mistake I have noticed by many who "prepare"
They expect to live and eat just as they did before trouble came.
If that is your goal, you will quickly die.
There are many reasons power grids may go down.
It is estimated that if a nation wide power grid failure lasted for 30 days, as many as half of the people in the US would be dead or near death.
When power grids go down, there is no power to pump water or gas or keep communications going.
There will be no place to buy food or water after the first day.
There will be violence in the streets as the strong and evil ones take from the weak.
Just how long could you and your kids survive if that happened?
I can stay behind my locked gate 1290 days, maybe more.I think more than half would die off in the case of a prolonged power outage.
If you have a well pump, you could get water if you have something like a gas generator or solar to run the pump. But you'd better have a plan and supplies saved up so you don't have to go out for a while until things settled.
I thought boiling works for chemicals as they usually have a lower boiling point but doesn't work for heavy metals however distillation will work for both
I am not planning on using a still, others on this thread were discussing it. I used to have a still before, you simply fill it with tap water and it will distill the water for you. Yes, without electricity it wouldn't work and if you don't have electricity you don't have tap water either.How do you plan on distilling water? One method takes a lot of energy and time and the other doesn't yield very much and takes even more time.
And how does boiling remove chemicals? Perhaps it evaporates and ends up in your distilled water.