How We Shower, Use the Bathroom, Have Drinking Water

Our biggest challenge living off grid has been WATER. Water is our most important resource and making sure you know how to access clean water is so important. Here are the solutions and systems we have in place to ensure we always have access to water for drinking, bathing, cooking, cleaning, our animals, and our garden.
Support my channel: ko-fi.com/raisingwildflowers
Berkey Water Filtration System: The legacy launch special! Get a 3-gallon legacy water filter system with four foundation filters and two glass water bottles. (Brand name now Boroux, not Berkey)
boroux.sjv.io/c/3298217/20055...
Off-grid supplies (affiliate links)
Nature's Head Toilet: amzn.to/3KHizFQ
Urine Diverter: amzn.to/3VK3sC9
Solar Power Station Battery: amzn.to/43vb90Z
Portable Solar Panels amzn.to/3PvQrIK
Portable Shower amzn.to/3yxIddB
Collapsible Water Container: amzn.to/3XodPN3
Clever Fox Budget Planner Pro amzn.to/3K1VIW1
MINT MOBILE: See if Mint could help save you money! mint-mobile.58dp.net/do4DnM
Business Email: [e-mail]

[@raisingwildflowers]

Do you feel confident you could get by if you no longer had access to running water?

[@doctork1708]

I could get by, I just don’t want to at my age.

[@dp3797]

Absolutely I could, but I absolutely do not want to.

[@rangersbaseball8956]

At first it would be really difficult I think I take water for granted I just turned on a faucet and it's there but I think I could adapt and use all your tips and tricks and I think I can do it

[@vwalker1040]

We are going to have a big warm up next week…going to need extra

[@love-garden279]

That's a good question, I wouldn't have a clue if I tried that..

[@user-rf1zf5jb9c]

My husband and I got a Berkey last weekend at a garage sale that had a set of brand new filters with it. We paid 40 dollars for it. We were blown away. We got home and started cleaning it up and we think that the people that had bought it must not have known how to prime the filters because we found that the system had never been used and the filters that were already installed were brand new too. My husband spotted it at the garage sale...so husbands go with your wives to those sales, you can find some really good deals.

[@raisingwildflowers]

Oh wow, what a GREAT deal!!! I would be so excited 😁

[@currency2266]

Great deal.

[@JohnDoe-id9hi]

Save those filters cause berkey is still being sued by epa for their claims of filtration. They were $150 for two before. I love mine!

[@hawk1481]

@@JohnDoe-id9hi I have a Barkley water filter and I have access to a lab with text. I take my well water before and after and we tested it. It works good. I also put bleach in the top and touch the water coming out. It has no bleach. my test or complete I’m satisfied

[@hawk1481]

I love my Barkley filter system

[@dianacarter_art]

When I was a kid, my parents bought a cabin in the mountains in AZ. We moved into it full time. We had electricity but no running water. We would haul our water in big plastic jugs for whatever we needed it for. We had an outhouse and we took our baths out of a basin of water. Washed our clothes at a laundrymat. As a kid, it was fun, but I was so happy when we finally got running water along with a proper bathroom. I know it isn't as hard to do without as people think it is. You'll always adapt to whatever living conditions you've got.

[@mattd476]

Wow that's pretty cool. What else are you on besides insta???? I don't have it

[@theclumsyprepper]

For those people who, like me, are on a tight budget and can't afford a Berkey filter - make one. There are plenty of videos available on how to make one using the black Berkey cartridges, two food grade plastic buckets and a spigot. Sure, it doesn't look pretty like the shiny, fancy ones but it does the job. Just remember to drill a tiny hole in the lid of the top bucket, and another one on the side of the bottom bucket (as close to the top as possible) to help with the flow of water and you'll be grand. It costs between a 1/4 and a 1/3 of the price, depending on the size and the number of filters you need. My water isn't that bad most of the time so my two cartridges last around a decade. Berkey have a handy calculator on their website that will help you figure out how often you have to change them. Hope that helps anyone.

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

Here's a slick trick: I connected a blue plastic food-grade 55 gallon barrel to the bottom valve of a 275 gallon IBC tote with a ball valve and check valve on top of the barrel. Collected rainwater (2,000 gallons) moves itself into the blue barrel when I turn a ball valve and provide a vent. I have a 1/2" soft copper pipe run vertically from the bottom of the blue barrel and up through the burn chamber of a 2" welded steel rocket stove. Heat from the fire causes the barrel water to "thermosiphon" eliminating any need for a pump. Half an hour of burning twigs yields a barrel full of 115°F water any season. "My" barrel is insulated centered in a box of coarse play sand 4" all sides. I fill the barrel, light the fire and when it's up to temp, I isolate the barrel with valves and charge it with compressed air @ 40 psig. The shower outlet is drawn through a pipe penetrating the lid and terminating at the bottom inside the barrel with it's end cut on a bias. Expanding air pressure shoves the water out. Also -- I often just rinse myself off, cleaning the dirt off, then hop into my redneck hot tub for a soak. I draw my laundry water from my hot tub. Waste not - want not. I'm 75, autistic and live alone on the prarie in Texas. Alone is my happy place. BTW I have my own KZbin channel so my kids & grandkids can keep up with my shenanigans. Feel free to visit, but please do not subscribe, if you visit. That's not my bag. It's just that my favorite class in school was show & Tell. 😊

[@raisingwildflowers]

Thanks this is great information! I am going to check out your channel 😊 I am sure there is lots of valuable info to find there.

[@larrymorse6875]

Lady, you and your husband are amazing! You're actually living similar to the way I grew up and the way my parents and grandparents lived. We didn't think anything about the inconveniences of running water because we never had them until the early 1960's. Good on you for being so self sufficient and I wish you the best of luck.

[@fgonzalez78959]

Oh how did you ever survive? People in other countries have it worse and they still survive. Americans are becoming soft and expect others to be the same.

[@AgnesMariaL]

We went off-grid three years ago. Didn't have running water for months. Our toilet was the woods. I would wash my hair in a bucket, and then use the water to wash some laundry. Hubby made a solar shower out of a 5g black bucket, just drill a hole near the bottom and plumb in your shower head! We have running water now, most of the time... got an rv and built a utility room addition off the one slide opening, since the slide was rotten and had to be removed anyway. In that room, we have our solar setup, water barrels with a 12v pump and woodstove. Our rainwater catchment is off our chicken coop, with spigots installed on the barrels for filling buckets which we then haul to the house to fill the house barrels. We dug a huge pit that stays full with water, and that supplies our animals, gardens and also serves as the supply for our fire pump if ever needed ;)

[@RetiredLovingIt]

I remember when my grandparents had a well & we had to go out & pump water. No inside running water. Great information

[@RaysIrishmum]

I hand wash All of our clothes, use 12 gallons of water per load, 4 for wash water,4 for 1st rinse,4 for 2nd rinse. The second rinse I include a 1/2 cup of vinegar. But if you do two rinses the clothes co.e out much cleaner. I also use a washboard which helps. I find my clothes get MUCH cleaner when I am washing them by hand. I have to say I absolutely love your channel content.😊

[@shehulk337]

Thank you for sharing your set up.

[@Suebearish]

Do you have to hand wrong them)

[@AllAmericanPrepper13]

I use a 5 gallon bucket for my toilet and I take a bath in a Kitty pool. We've been living off grid for7 years, I did learn some stuff watching this video.Thank you for sharing this information.

[@clayshiawillis4725]

I think winter would be the most difficult.

[@janearothfeld]

We've been living not only without running water, but without a well too for almost two years. We live on a mesa with harsh rds that are tough to get around on to obtain water, which we need to truck in. There may be hidden water on our land, I'm working on finding it, but then the challenge will be to access it without spending $50K for a well.

[@gericheng3156]

This channel should have a million subscribers.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

We do laundry every six weeks. It saves lots of money. As retirees, we wear mostly jeans and Tee shirts. The pants are easy. Tee shirts keep a supply. Underwear is easily hand washable if you use washable fabrics--line dry them. Socks are a little harder so keep a bigger supply haha. But our system works. Only two loads for two people.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

What fabric isn't washable?

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

@@lockandloadlikehell Hand washing.. Cotton washes very poorly. I buy cotton- poly mix tees. Undies use synthetics like nylon or spandex mixtures, dirt out easily! Socks I use a couple of dozen and wear two or three days my feet don't mind, then wash them in the machine all at once. Wool never use it except for an occasional sweater it's just too itchy.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

@@lockandloadlikehell Good question! Hope my response makes sense. 😊

[@alicet8791]

There is a historical series called, "Tales from Green Valley", based on living in a 1600's farm.. . In one episode, they saved the pee in a bucket because, after 3 weeks, it turns into ammonia. Then they used it to make laundry soap to get stains out. Actually learned a lot from the series

[@theclumsyprepper]

I love this series, plus all the farm shows with Ruth Goodman.

[@alrinaleroux9229]

Urine diluted with water can be a wonderful liquid fertilizer for some plants. (It is rich in a variety of micronutrients, including nitrogen and important minerals such as magnesium.)

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

12:15 Seperating liquid & solid waste: Nooooo! The urea in urine provides the nitrogen necesdary to drive the composting reaction. If the smell gags you, either use a plastic kitchen bag liner in your bucket or on clean-up day, toss a cup full of quick lime on things. The quick lime ERASES the foul sulfur odor.

[@carolmoore1038]

Use equine bedding from TSC very compostable removes all odor makes it smell fresh and sweet. Is also very economical. We've been off grade 11 years switched this year and I just love it

[@CentsibleLivingWithMoneyMom]

You have such a great attitude and are so resourceful

[@scoremoore4280]

So many people in todays time have no idea what it is like to live without such things. As a person from a 3rd world country, even talking about a filter is much, we just used what we had, we fill barrell full of water, our stomach just adjusted naturally to the water, whether its terrible or not. What we use to do was to add a little bleach to kill some of the things in it. I rememeber when I learned americans actually had hot water, it was shocking, we use to jump up and down because our water was just so cold sometimes, it worked though.

[@bennym1956]

Got my own well, very good well, will always have running water ! Well was bored during a drought before I moved onto property. Cost was under $2,000, brother and me put in the pipes and well pump over 40 years ago. Replaced the pump 1 time. $200. Life choice ! I would never put my wife in a situation w/o running water !

[@Shobyw]

Superb setup! You are almost self sufficient!

[@buckeyedav1]

What I have done for laundry just as a cost effective measure is I have enough clothes to last 2 weeks ( I am a widow) so that I am only doing full loads and during spring/summer/fall I wash a load and hang it outside on the clothesline to dry. I buy 90% of my clothes from the thrift stores. For your situation if you have a place to store clothes outside in storage bins, that would work. Anna In Ohio

[@bradlafferty]

As usual, another well- researched and presented vid. I respect your decision to take this approach. I’ve had occasions to appreciate no convenience living for brief periods. Doing so sure makes you appreciate the things we take for granted (especially managing water needs!). Thanks. Look forward to more solid content.

[@barbhopell1649]

This was such a great video. I learned so much. I could not “survive” without running water. ESP the bathroom situation! There’s just so much we take for granted! Love following your journey!

[@MindfulmavenMoments19]

I remember back when I was a kid I would stay with some friends and we would save the rain water at the end of the water gutters and use that for bathing water. 💧 I enjoyed that off-grid life style.

[@davidcox9115]

Im in the process of building my house ,camping on my land 4 months ,no water on property yet. It is the single most important part of living, water. People don't know what they have to walk up to a faucet and turn it on..I understand..love the water system you have.thank you the information

[@user-pu6dx6ib6u]

Love your resourcefulness . Keep bringing us your content!

[@lindaorozco4595]

You are so kind. Giving advice about water when you are dealing with not having enough water daily to access easily. Take care 😊🌺

[@mlarsen5206]

Great ides with water. I too had to live without water availability for a few months and it was definitely a learning process. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@ericwitt4586]

You are a very beautiful and smart woman your husband is very lucky to have a wife that is so smart about frugalism and is a good momma to them babies such a good hearted person !!

[@lockandloadlikehell]

lol awkward male makes irrelevant comment RE female's appearance What a Cassanova Eric The Witt

[@SteffenBoserup]

Thank You for sharing - that was interesting.I made a rainwater collection system like yours a few year ago, with the difference being, that I put my barrels around 3-4 feet off the ground, and connected the pipes in the side of the barrel, so I could take off the lid in the winter, to break the surface ice with a hammer, whenever needed. the higher You can put the barrels, the more pressurized the water will be. 🙂that system has served me well ever since.

[@maryshank7825]

All I can say is you were smart to sell your Florida home in the Nick of time.

[@ronb6182]

Why Florida has plenty of water the whole state has water. Also there are arteasiin wells to get potable water I have 12 to 14 5 gallon bottles of that good water. In my kitchen. Also have glass bottles on the countertop. All filled with that good water. I only use the city water for showers, laundry and to wash dishes. I have rain water outside even the neighbors cats find a pail to drink out of. I rather have the cats than mice in my yard. 73

[@gowest5145]

I live in the desert and water is my weakest link. We buried a huge tank with water so we have that. I would just have to get it out of my well by hand or use rainwater.

[@JustPhil-yw6bt]

Thanks! This is helpful for anyone wanting to live offgrid.

[@amberbrooks82]

You're an amazing family! Thanks for the video.

[@marieriddick8388]

This was a great video, very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@user-pi6ws8ws5m]

Lived on a small farm in Northern Ohio had Cistern water for 33 years just make sure the gutters are clean don't want to miss out on any water.I liked it .

[@MyBearhugger]

I want to make a couple comments about the Berkey. First of all I found it a good idea to prime it (if yours isn't currently wet and primed) and then keep it primed even if it's only with a small amount of water if you aren't currently using it. It takes water pressure to prime them and if you don't have the water pressure it will be very hard. Secondly, Berkey black filters are now like GOLD and hard to find. The EPA is seeking to put them out of business (you can draw your own conclusions as to why) and I've not been able to find new black filters for them (other than cheap knock offs) for several months now. Do NOT run mucky water through your Berkey as it will greatly shorten the life of your filter. Find some way to prefilter dirty or turbid water first. I did see an excellent video of someone showing how he cleaned his black Berkey filters using white vinegar and he said it greatly extended the life of his black filters. I believe the vid is still available on youtube though I don't have the link at this moment. I followed his method and was able to clean my son's very old filters. If you are on water that smells or tastes heavily of chlorine I would suggest you either boil it or allow it to sit uncovered in a container for 24 hours as this will allow it to off gas.

[@charitiegale9681]

Love your video , good ideas . All this takes money , is always the thing .

[@ronadkins8997]

What a wealth of knowledge you just casually shared, I just subscribed, and I am looking forward to more videos from y'all! Thanks so much for sharing! 😊

[@GenSixSolutions]

Keeping it real. Well done.

[@auntlouise]

When we first bought our homestead property I used industrial mop buckets with wringers to do laundry. I had two of them, one for washing and one for rinsing. They cost about $40 each, but really made wringing hand-washed clothes easy. I'm going to order some of those urine diverters, because I want to put some outhouses out on my property, but I don't want to dig big holes for them. Thank you for showing those! I'm also going to put a shower outside, because some days after clearing land all day I am covered in debris and don't want to track all that through my house to take a shower.

[@thebigfellar7178]

Out west or even where you live you can get a cistern or concrete holding tank. All you need is a electric pump and Wa-la water. They have trucks that will come fill it up as needed. Also you can have a washing machine on the porch fill it up with a bucket of water and no more laundry mat...!!! Be amazed how many people think you need running water to have one. You can also get a plastic holding tank and put it up on a wooden platform about 4 feet off the ground and no pump needed gravity pushes it down into your kitchen sink. Build a ramp to pull it up, then use your truck or car to pull it up the ramp. Or hook up a truck winch to pull it up. Simple stuff. My friend got one of those holding tanks and put it on a trailer, he goes down to the river and pumps the creek water into the tank and goes home and pumps it into his other holding tank. Gives him enough water for a full week of washing, showers, dishes etc. He bought one of those camping propane water heaters and has hot water throughout his cabin, hot showers and clean dishes and clothes. It's all in your head what you can't do or can do. You can even put in a septic tank since a commode doesn't require electricity. Just takes water to flush it. Nothing else. Peace.

[@jennifermunn6898]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@jerryspinosa5466]

You and your family are truly prepared.

[@user-ni3me9dg3g]

Well done video!

[@mattd476]

Thanks for the info

[@angelaholland8145]

In the early 60's, my grandparents had a kitchen & bathroom added to their house. They had a cistern with a well house since there was not a county water system yet. The 2 ft × 3ft opening was always locked bc it just looked like an enclosed swimming pool to us children. 😅 I remember a big water truck delivering 500 gallons at a time. They were always careful not to waste water. The system you have in place seems so much safer. I've watched your videos for years & have enjoyed watching you & your family live such exciting lives. You always put so much research into what you are doing. You explain things quite cearly. I especially like your cooking videos. You have been such a blessing to me. Thank you for having such a variety of videos, I find your channel quite educational. Keep up the good work in all you do!! 🌞❤

[@judet3026]

I live in Australia and we are used to water supply issues being such a dry continent. We have water tanks - BIG tanks to catch from whatever roof is available. if you do a web search of water tanks in Australia you will see the range we can get. Most houses have them especially inland.

[@pateaster16]

This is my first time watching your videos. How refreshing! your smart, clean, etc ... I can't wait to watch all your other videos

[@anibor99]

Very great information, I will share you on my channel.

[@ClairenParkerontheRoad]

I loved this. Thanks Katie so helpful great video.

[@Sew_Country]

So educational and inspiring!

[@rangersbaseball8956]

Fantastic video I really enjoyed it you and your family are doing a fantastic job with the property keep up the amazing work

[@IvanhoeWolfe-zn6fc]

Here is my off grid way to wash clothes. Buy a used washing machine. Hook up just your drain. Do this so you can move the drain to a couple different drain tanks. Plug in washer. Add clothes. Add water from the top. The lid Let soak for 15 minutes. Turn are washer. Add soap Let it do it's thing until it drains. ( Drain Fill washer back up. Btw washer takes about 10 gallons per fill up. Let it drain again. ( Drain B) Put washer back on wash mod. Fill up again ( do not add soap) Let it drain. (drain C) Fill and then let drain ( drain D) ... Next load For wash, use Drain B and add soap. Dump drain A. Drain into Drain A. 1st rinse use Drain c ( drain to drain B) 2nd rinse use Drain tank D.drai. To tank C 3rd rinse use new water. Drain to tank D. Repeat for all loads after. In other words. You will discard the wash drain. Wash with the past loads first drain. Rinse with the 2md and 3rd rinse drains and last rinse is with new water. . Now you may ask why the extra rinses. I find them better. This really clean clothes good. Most laundrymats washers don't work well if they are not maintained. My " local one is not marinated well at all. Might as well just throw in a bucket of water. Ringe out and dry. Why do I catch it? Well I'm in the desert and water is hard to get. I kind you not. This isn't just well drillers BS. My water is 1300 feet down. Yeah I know. I was surprised by that also. There was some misleading information. I never heard of water not within 150 feet So when I heard. The town was made as the valley of water. Btw death valley the water is 125 feet down. Anyhow. That is how you run a washer machine off grid

[@shabbyshopper]

We live in WA, rain catchment works WHEN it rains…. Dry season, it’s no longer effective.

[@estyria777]

Well, we're in the desert. So rain capture in sufficient quantities is a bit complicated.... We're working on it though. Composting toilets, outdoor shower (when it's over 100 outside you don't need a water heater), it's a learning process.

[@anncromarty2590]

I could live without running water. Have done it many times when I lived in a rural area in MA, and the winter storms would take out the electric, but usually only for a week or so. At the first sign of a storm and we would fill the tub with water for flushing the toilet. Wood stoves kept the pipes from freezing. What is your timeline for planning for winter? Will you hope to have the well dug by then? I watched a video of a family in some Russian remote village where its like a million below zero year round. They had a sauna where they would build a fire in it, and heat up water in there to take their shower. I love seeing how people adapt and overcome. The ingenuity is inspiring.

[@raisingwildflowers]

We would fill our tub up with water during storms also 😊 (hurricanes in FL and winter storms in TN). We do have plan on having a well by winter.

[@rosecarter7384]

New subscriber love all these ideas and I will be adding some of these to my land

[@davidturner3014]

Love that rain water catchment! A Stock Tank size water barrel would be better? What if one were to only dig the Potatoes as needed? Would they be in the "Root Cellar"? Carrots...Etc.. I had dream that one had one of those... Ceramic Urns, (Beautiful.) with a half inch copper pipe about one third up from the bottom of the Urn. (60 inches Tall.) The water always flows from that pipe to the drip irrigation, etc.. The Rain Gutter catchment system keeps the Urn full. (Probably running over.) Net Zero Filters are the best. Berkey Filter... Make your own, videos on KZbin!

[@TaraDemo]

Florida resident here. ...ditto on the water. Berkey all the way.

[@bizHammer]

I am learning a lot from off-grid living. I made my own solar panels which my home runs on, I do have a well, but the city made everyone around the lake last year have city sewer.

[@PMFLTD]

Live in the mountains and loose electricity during winter storms. Use a bedside commode as diy compost toilet. No smells! Also have a beautiful natural spring for ample water when unable to pump(electric) water out of wells.

[@saintamerican6105]

Thank youuuuu

[@OBXDewey]

I made a homemade Berkey and it works like a champ. 2 food grade buckets, spigot, and 2 filters with the same specs at half the price. Will filter 6000 gals.

[@leilahyanez873]

Your son is adorable! 😊

[@OBXDewey]

I live in SW Virginia so your videos would definitely apply to me.

[@johnterry8958]

Good thoughts. One thing that I would suggest is to get some kind of cover onto your rain barrels and other plastic stuff in your water system. UV light from the sun will definitely degrade and destroy your plastic stuff in a lot shorter time than you would like. The plastic just gets brittle and loses all its strength. If you went to all the trouble to set it up, it might be a good idea to protect it from the UV damage.

[@ReginaCreates2]

new Subscriber. I’m so glad I found your channel. Great video … I will watch your other videos. Happy Father’s Day weekend 😊 Like 578 👍

[@1purehavoc]

If possible look into digging a shallow well with a hand pump. In a pinch it's worth it. I'm in va as well I'm fortunate enough to have a major creek on my property. It's been dry in my area pretty bad lately. But I'm also out west. Va is the spirit of the nation. Stay strong and independent sister. God bless you and your family

[@kenziesearston7317]

That’s amazing, keep up the daily work, I would think about boiling, distilling the water that’s consumed due to cloud seeding. They add a lot of heavy metals and chemicals to it.

[@carolmoore1038]

Various filters will remove excess things and don't require Heat you can even DIY but also you can make a solar distiller what's fairly effective

[@Katy_living_simply]

You are making great videos ❤

[@raisingwildflowers]

Thank you!

[@berrypatch5583]

I love washing dishes in the evenings, it is calming. It takes at least thirty minutes as we are a very large family. What I do not like is dishes areiving in my sink before breakfast the next morning after I mama cleaned the kitchen before bed.

[@kathyb8540]

Followed you when you were in Tennessee with just your girls.

[@Karen-jp1ns]

I bought a 5 gallon solar camping shower bag.

[@pamn7457]

I don’t drink my water at home because it’s terrible… too much chlorine. I found an artisan well for public use and I fill up jugs every week. It taste wonderful like water should.

[@user-hw8jx2pf1o]

Great job,looks like things are coming together 😅

[@GrannyLinn]

If chlorinated water is all you can get, let it sit for a while (30 minutes) and the chlorine will evaporate. That’s all I had access to (hick town tap water) for years. Even now, people in that area occasionally have to boil their water before using.

[@je-fq7ve]

As my grandfather would say "Tis, a grand country where water comes out of a stick".

[@rachaelsupadventures]

Good evening Katie ❤

[@raisingwildflowers]

👋😊

[@hollandspinehaven2634]

we are off grid with rain catchemnt of over 1500 gallon water storage and when a drought hit we had no rain water.. we had to drill a well to keep our animals watered..

[@JohnDoe-id9hi]

Look for a spring or a seep on your property, hire or play doser to point out the water. If you have elevation like 6ft or more then you can use a ram pump. Ferrocement water tanks are easy to make and relatively cheap and last longer than plastic tanks.

[@gailwaldrop3753]

You can dig a shallow had well ,watch the youtube on Tiger Creek farm he shows you how to drill by hand that won't cost a lot of money, because if the grid goes down, everyone will be going to get that water source. Just thought you'd like the i formation.

[@jamiejohnson8176]

Nice setup good video i am a new subscriber to your chann

[@rulistening7777]

If ever I feel like I take on too many burdens... I will watch this channel.

[@user-pn9ho1my2u]

Um one way that can help with running water is a well and a solar power back up hooked up to it , trust me I speak from experience i live in northern Michigan in a village and the power goes out a lot of different times well i got mad and I got a solar panel system and equipment like a power inverter and rewireed my well pump so it runs off both grid or solar so when the power goes out i flip a switch and i have good running water i can even flush my toilet and or take a hot shower, all you need is a 120 watt solar panels and a few power inverters i have 4 power inverters that I have a air conditioner and heater and one kooked up to the well pump and even the freezer in my garage the power inverters are 3000 watts each. oh and some dry cell 12 volt batteries, so any storms or anything that happens i have lights and more even my tv and DVD player works fine on my system. try it out and see, i got my solar system on temu yeah I know you hear a bunch of crap and stuff about temu but the stuff i have works great and have had no problem with any of it .

[@cheskydivision]

Pipe bath, wash water to barrels close to garden.

[@mendyviola]

Me sitting here still with a bathtub full of water in addition to several water bags full of water after hurricane Beryl. I’m not going to just drain it all, but use it for my potted plants and other uses. Lived too long in a dry environment to waste it.

[@dmu9736]

I just replaced my old Berkey light with a stainless filter setup from TEMU for $60 that included the black filters and the stand plus the spigot is metal. I do not use Berkley filters because I prefer ceramic filters. Tests reveal that the Berkey filters don't filter out everything they claim. The military uses the ceramic ones.

[@non-gmo]

The military doesn't use the ones from Temu 😬 I wouldn't trust anything from that site. A co-worker almost died bc a silicone hot pad she purchased from there starting emitting some kind of fumes while she a pot sitting on it. She called EMS for what she thought was carbon dioxide and after they showed up and did testing, they said it was the pot holder releasing the chemicals into the air.

[@ZXX984]

Very interesting video. I grew up in the old lift the faucet handle, flush, ect. Do you use a washboard? My grandmother swore by those even though she had a washer only. No dryer. Believed in hanging laundry outside, even if cold.😮

[@duanebouchard8736]

my city has a deep well and water tower not more than 1/2 mile away, yet we still subscribe to a bottled water service If we had a (SHTF) fairly soon that big tower would be empty, and these bottles would be our drinking supply and the local stream would be our flushing ,washing utility

[@anandasmom]

Woman thank God you have a man to help you.

[@OFFGRID_Trucker]

Hi. You got a like from me because I liked the link to Ioverlanders. I had no idea, but not I do Katie.. HIGH FIVE to ya.I'm not offgrid yet, but have been unplugged for a couple of days now. If I hauled my own water, I could be. Solar system, 300Ah (getting a single 400Ah battery tomorrow) and a small Eu2000i genny that gives me just over 1000w of recharging. Now I just need to find some land to park this rig on.

[@keithhoward6123]

I didn't see a first flush system . A pipe where the first part of the rainwater that comes off of your roof is drained , then starts filling your rain barrel . It keeps the dust , bird droppings , and pollen from going in your barrel system

[@keithinaz9769]

I am off grid at about 7,000 feet, and get a new toilet every month. ( 5g bucket ) 😊😊😊

[@larrymorse6875]

Thnx

[@shariburns6263]

What a great video. Could you run pvc or a really long hose from one of the water barrels down to the garden?

[@turnovertheleaf5505]

Well water 💧

[@cynthiaweathers6979]

Build another greenhouse to put your rain barrels in to keep them from freezing in winter. I live at the top of Virginia in the mountains and we get some nasty cold winters.

[@TammyGarlic-d9d]

🦐🦐 smart 🤓 meters are great 👍.

[@bdmenne]

I have a very cool dish washing idea. I have an above ground pond in a 100 gallon plastic horse trough. It is filled with cute bladder snails, microorganisms. It both rinses and feed the aquatic animals. I also have a lot of floating plants to clean the nutrient filled water. If it has mosquito larvae in it, I net them up for FREE wild food for fish in fish tanks. It is a really satisfying complimentary food web system of dish cleaning. I rinse off the cute snails and biologicals with the pond water. Then From a spray bottle filled with water diluted White vinegar, I sanitize “not really necessary” wipe and set in Sun. It may seem like a lot of extra steps, but it is a satisfying relationship with natures help. Cool water of pond soothes on a summers day. Be sure to shade the pond somewhat if it has full Sun exposure. * I wipe off greasy plates before putting in pond. Kids might like this “chore”. Stubborn dishes might take 4-5 days to clean.