Survival Tips and Tricks: All About Water

Jason Salyer discusses everything you need to know about sourcing fresh, clean water for any situation. He shows different methods to purify water including a bottled water filter, boiling, a water purification kit with tablets or drops, and what to do if none of those methods are available by digging a seep well. Watch now to learn how to dig a seep well!
Check out more from Jason Salyer on his KZbin channel!
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[@sufficientlyrandom8184]

That creek looks like a great location to build a water wheel for power generation, etc.

[@PhillyFlyersss]

1000% on this channel for Jason and Alan.. These guys have so much in knowledge that you cant afford to miss. Thanks boys!

[@ecorey45]

I love these two guys they make the subject interesting to an average person which is hard to do with some of these topics

[@ONThree]

Thank you! -Jason

[@thedoghousebushcraft3269]

Momma say don't die of the dehydration! Love it.

[@FiveElementsTactical]

So much great info in one video... you guys could definitely make this into a series of videos. Just my 2¢. I know I’d watch it. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! Keep it up, guys. You ROCK! God bless...Be safe, always.

[@bobmcgee2192]

YES series please.

[@RobinHood-fw2rf]

Series would be great

[@rawsquad1241]

1000% brother water is key remember the rule of 3 I always make sure to have several ways to filter, purify, & hold water thank you for the great informative video appreciate it God bless💯🙏🏼

[@timsheridan3987]

Good video however one you missed was the solar still. Hole in the ground metal catch cup at the bottom tarp on top rock in center of tarp garbage bag. Keep up the good work guys

[@markw.3743]

Thanks you 2 ! And Alan great tip , never thought about a water filter freezing and cracking !

[@robertsbushcraft]

Solid demonstration!

[@randywithofapt2660]

Thanks guys. This is the kind of stuff I like; Basic and Important. (for short hits of an emergency nature, I carry an eye dropper bottle with bleach in it. 6 drops of 8% bleach can treat an entire gallon of water to very near city water standards and a dropper bottle is no larger than my thumb).

[@StingyPrepper]

As this stream is running through your very own property it might be worth sending a few water samples to a lab for analysis. Knowing "for sure" that this water is going to be safe to drink over the year would be a great find for you and your preparedness efforts. Fingers crossed :)

[@billyandrew]

@@SurvivalDispatch That's the right approach. A good test result is only as good as the day it was conducted on and has no bearing on future contamination of the water.

[@DMAneoth]

Yup: but in a month 365 cows might have just been pooping and peeing into the water just a mile upstream…

[@adamnoman4658]

@@DMAneoth : Stealth pooping, eh? Just never know when a herd's gonna come through. LOL!

[@MasterK9Trainer]

I see people show off their metal canteen cups or bottles, but I think you should have two containers so that, as you did in the video, you can collect the "raw" water and then pour it through a bandana, tee shirt, coffee filter or any piece of cloth and filter out floating debris. If you don't then your just cooking that stuff and making a soup. So I appreciate that you featured this in your video. I'll also add that if you have to "bug out" or "get home" that double walled bottles, mugs or a thermos would be nice to keep food and beverages hot or cold. Sometimes, people become such "experts" that they are not able to think with an open mind and many are promoting specific products that they use. I find you guys to be more open minded, practical and realistic in your expectations and suggestions of what people can do.

[@myFloridaOasis]

I discovered a while back that I can dig a seep well in my back yard. I dig about 2.5 to 3 feet and have a water whole in just a bit. However, I haven't really thought about it as a source of emergency water until now. So thanks a ton.

[@229dave46]

Greetings from Andersonville Ga.. I always enjoy your video's with Alan. You guys are hillarious and a wealth of good information!!.

[@titanpreparedness]

Good advice. Water is extremely critical knowing how and where to find it is important

[@Ryker2608]

I'm completely sold on the grayl. I carry one and a spare filter in my ruck. I live in Texas, and most of the time its blazing hot outside, so I don't really want to build fires unless I'm cooking. I don't want to have to build a fire in 100+ weather, then wait for the water to cool down enough to drink. The grayl is quick fast and to the point. I can drink until my guts are full, then fill up my canteen and keep moving.

[@flyoverstate6893]

Great information guys. Thank you.

[@jimwalsh4941]

Great video! Thank you! We’ve got the filters, but it certainly is good to know about digging/preparing a water hole!

[@BLASTER-vb5wu]

Great tips guys. Us desert guys sometimes don’t think about them. Thank you for taking the time to educate us.

[@robertgorton3856]

Very informative ways to have some safe drinking water. Very much welcomed this information. In the world we live in today if, someone figured out to knock out the electric for a number of days or weeks one needs to know ways to get safe drinking water. When my Dad was out hunting or trapping he got a drink out of a creek he came upon. Mom told him it was a good way to end up sick because, he didn't know what was in it. But, he survived it without anything harming him from drinking it!!

[@jimssurvival4994]

Good video thanks for sharing guys, stay safe

[@loyalninecoffee2024]

For the seep well, what about putting a large flat rock in the bottom to aid with keeping the sediment down during use?

[@3nertia]

That's a great idea and one I believe I may have actually heard before somewhere; good call! I would love to see an experiment to see how well that works or maybe I'll do it myself once it's warm enough out heh

[@ONThree]

Great idea! -Jason

[@loyalninecoffee2024]

@@ONThree Thanks! Is this Jason Salyer?

[@billyandrew]

Or a sump, allowing the sediment to settle below the water flow, which can be periodically dredged.

[@sevenstepsurvival]

Love it! The more options of getting water the better!

[@tag1462]

I love it! A comprehensive and practical approach for non-emergency situations. But like you said, in those life or death situations you do what you have to. BTW, I'd still boil the water out of a seep well just to kill off the bacteria.

[@hutchrocco6941]

Thank you! This is awesome.

[@chris1638]

I love going back through your videos to actually practice what you preach! Thanks for always being so helpful Jason

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Good tips and demo. Thanks for showing us, take care.

[@randybennett204]

Thanks for sharing vital knowledge.

[@mysongzz1521]

I love the seep idea 💡

[@charlesbrightman4237]

Seep Hole: Another method: Dig an angled hole with a ramp. That way, if a critter falls into the hole, it won't die and contaminate your water hole, it would have a way out without drowning.

[@jojobrownie57]

Great video! I will always remember when there was what seemed to be a crystal clear water source and right above it was a dead animal that had been there for a decent amount of time. Very useful video thank you!

[@sufficientlyrandom8184]

Good video. On another (related) note, check out a hydraulic ram pump.

[@paulerickson2974]

You can also use a plastic water bottle and leave sitting in the sun to decontaminate most parasites and bacteria

[@ecospider5]

Yes the way I understand doing that is the water in the bottle needs to be clear enough you can read through it. Then 6 hours in direct sunlight. I keep quart ziplock freezer bags for this purpose.

[@wernerfoerster3666]

no

[@ChildOfYAHUAH777]

And have water full of lovely plastic... mh mh mh

[@ecospider5]

Yes when I’m going to die in 36 hours from dehydration or contaminated water I’m really worried about the possibility of plastic in my water. That is definitely proper risk prioritization in a survival situation. And don’t make a fire, fire has tons of carcinogens.

[@ChildOfYAHUAH777]

@@ecospider5 and the smoke hurts mosquitos also!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mgrey1602]

Most excellent info! Thank you!

[@thebrizzy]

My Grayl Geopress filter mildewed and I followed manufacture instructions to let it dry out so make sure to replace the filter on occasion.

[@sarahpjean]

This was an AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME video!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge on this subject! I learned a lot! Thank you!

[@ONThree]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching! -Jason

[@ferebeefamily]

Great intelligence. Thank you for the video.

[@BandmillBandit]

Great info, especially the seep well

[@georges4061]

listening to the guy from Alone that Jordan guy who was so cool. His strategy on building water tolerance was pretty smart. Start with a sip of raw water from your source every few days, work up to about a glass every few days, then every day, then your acclimated. No more need to filter so long as you know your source well.

[@tkomla]

Super interesting and helpful. Many thanks.

[@harbinger8208]

Great info thanks!

[@LUVDOGS1954]

Educationally outstanding....thank you.

[@EricSolomon-op8ti]

Love that you TEACH & not try to Sell something. Far More Appreciated Thank You

[@SurvivalDispatch]

You are so welcome!

[@ryahsharpe2974]

TRUE STORY: Me and my friend were doing a survival challenge and he was about to drink some water out of a seemingly clean creek nearby and I said “ wait, I wanna show you something.” And so we walked upstream and there was a dead deer half way into the creek and it looked like it had been dead for some time meaning he could have gotten really sick! Don’t take unnecessary risks, especially in a case like that!

[@fatbeard8072]

making that makeshift well reminds when i kid and did just that for fun. Thanks for the reminder!

[@jeanwalke6015]

Thanks! Learned something very useful!

[@yellowdog762jb]

Good info, thanks guys!

[@zephrdimondz8014]

TY so very much❣️❣️Bless yall💛💛💛😁

[@GS-rw9og]

wish u gave classes near by , awesome work and info

[@kennygp2004]

Actually... lol! I've been putting off getting another Grayl. Ordering one now. Great video and information.

[@prepperwhatcolleen2167]

Thank you for the information, I'm just starting out, and WOW, going from the city to homesteading, there is soooo much to learn!

[@johnbehere61channel93]

Thanks for the valuable information !

[@JohnSmith-df4vb]

Medium bubbles forming in the water, and you have reached pasteurization temperature for the water, or you can buy a Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI), its basically a vile with some wax in it, that has a melting point 1 degree above pasteurization.

[@reneerupert5830]

Just found y'all and I learned something very valuable today. Keep up the good work!

[@clarkkent4991]

Great video. I have that same Stanley metal cup with the green cups. I took the green lift tab off of the lid and replaced it with a key chain ring. That allows me a way to lift the lid and have a place to place a hook 🪝 in the ring to be able to secure it over a fire 🔥 if you need to boil water. That plastic tab will break or fall off when you need it most. This is NOT my idea. I saw it on a KZbin video some years ago from another reviewer. Enjoy.

[@billyandrew]

Activated charcoal, bought from aquarium suppliers, is better than ordinary charcoal, if you can't be bothered making your own. It costs a couple of dollars a bag. Potassium Permanganate will not only purify the filthiest water imaginable (assuming you'd filtered it first) but will also remove two heavy metals from the water. Just a couple of grains is all that's required per litre of water and it's good to drink, wash, cook, clean wounds, treat trenchfooot, etc, in under an hour. It has antibacterial, antifungal properties and is used in many national water filtration plants, worldwide. Stains water pink to purple, but harmless. Not a long term solution, please note. Iodine has similar qualities, again, removing another two heavy metals. Just a drop or two per litre is sufficient. It's added to table salt by manufacturers, incidently, and keeps our thyroid gland regulated, so should only be used under medical advise by those with over or under active glands. I carry a small bag of charcoal, a dozen or so grains of PP and a few drops of iodine in all my edc, bugout and hiking bags.

[@danaandrews1961]

Very informative I think another name for what you dug is " Coyote well".

[@FunWithGuns]

Great information! If you absolutely have no time or cant filter the water you can get by with drinking it and wont be sick for a day or two if it isnt clean. Itll get you by but if the water is contaminated you'll be pretty sick and will lose more fluids than you took in when that time comes. This may be handy for an escape/evasion situation or when you know you'll be able to get to help within that time frame. I would still recommend listening to these guys but just figured I would throw it out there as an option as well.

[@neoforager6945]

Thanks guys!

[@mountainsasquatch13]

That muddy water is actually nutritional. If you are constantly filtering water you loose mineral content and valuable electrolytes. In a long term survival situation I recommend drinking at least one cup of muddy water a day whether it's boiled or from a seep well

[@LKaramazov]

Very interesting!

[@cherryboo65b56]

Great info! 💦

[@TheMrRonQ]

Thanks!

[@sifusasdo2314]

Cool Video 👍 Thank U for the Info and the Links 👍

[@chris1638]

Excellent info

[@terryqueen3233]

That hole is a great idea if you're going to be in that area for a few days. Those tablets that you put in there well I'll try them several times you can drink it but it surely don't taste good and I'm like Alan I carry several ways of making water drinkable in my pack and in my vehicles. Great video guys great for people that don't know the way. Y'all have a great day and stay safe! TQ out

[@RunnerGib]

Thanks for this information. I wonder why they don't do this (dig a well) on Naked and Afraid. I would do this if I were on that show and needed water quickly

[@mariedykeman5208]

I was wondering about FL Swamp water. Some Rivers are brackish. Mixed w black soil and or salt water. Can u do a swamp water video someday. Try Ocala National forest. There are a lot of spring parks where its brackish and clear water areas. Plus gator dangers and snake dangers. Cypress Trees etc. Indian Style. Just an idea.

[@youfoundigor]

Great info! Thanks. Something I'm still struggling to understand, and I'll get the example you gave from the water source, which I have one nearby, is that I read somewhere that there still could be chemicals (and metals?) present in the water. Maybe from something around that area, that made it into the soil etc.. is that true? If so, do we need to filter or desinfect, and how? Thanks!

[@survivalltsurvivallt6157]

Good tip for the day good ideals

[@bobmeyers3478]

Great ideas

[@KingParisBuckingham]

I have the Sawyer 1 gallon filter and lifestraw

[@hiramhaji7813]

Good to know about the Walmart water tabs

[@laurasmith9160]

Oh yeah! I am a part of the Foogle family.

[@JacobPatrick1]

The seep well, got this video a like. 👍

[@brianrosoman177]

if you fill your container facing away from the current of the stream youll get less particulates in it

[@acrobaticalpaca6675]

3:10 I like to think Allan wasn't the one filming, his voice came from the sky.

[@laurasmith9160]

Enjoying your channel!

[@sufficientlyrandom8184]

Regarding the seep well, would you think it a good idea to build up the walls higher than ground level, just like a well? To prevent runoff?

[@jamessotherden5909]

Great practical advice and know how.

[@11ccom]

Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas (sector 2) consolidate. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia (sector 3) consolidate. South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee (sector 4) consolidate. 5000 X 365 = 1,825,000 per year.

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

I dont think sedeminty is a word but I appreciate the sentimenty.

[@peters6850]

In a true survival situation, drinking bad water is better than dying from dehydration

[@LoganRB01]

What shovel is that ??I looked up e-tool but I like yours better lol thanks great video👍🏻🍺

[@jbazan11]

Good info content

[@friendsinlowplaces619]

A country boy can survive! Big FACTS😉

[@DEBSTAH29]

Im jelouse , im over here in the city .... I would leave (cant)

[@LadyTSurvival]

Where can someone get that filter he used ....the first one ...the one that he scooped water from the stream from. Still watching so not sure if he used another

[@kennygp2004]

That's called the Grayl filter.

[@davidchester429]

When you are boiling water especially in a survival setting I'd have spare plastic bottles. As much as carrying water is heavy if you're travelling I'd rather carry heavy water than not have it. Also if you're going to build a fire for purifying water you might as well get a decent amount of water out of it

[@danclark7146]

You guys are awsome ben watching for maybe two weeks deffinatly top 3 channels and straight to the point with a wealth of "knowledgement" haha. unpolitically correct way america should be and I definitely subscribed always looking for more videos.

[@aliceleyva3767]

After you do this, do you cover or fill the hole to keep small animals out of it? I caused a squirrel to drown once in my water barrel. Learning by doing. Poor squirrel. Was wondering.

[@vittoriovuocolo2438]

I watched a guy drink water straight out the lake at the boat ramp. Not a clean clear lake either . His secret was the half pint of wild turkey he drank before deciding to wash it down with muddy lake water.

[@robertbates6057]

Not Beaver poop! Oh no! You guys are great! That snow melted quick yesterday, didn't it?

[@ONThree]

We were in the thick of it! Made for a interesting couple of nights in the woods. Future video......... -Jason

[@robertbates6057]

@@ONThree Yeah. I was up working on my house just inside Fannin. Sat. morning was cold. Then warmed up and snowed, lol.

[@Carterjackson1]

When will y’all make more podcasts??

[@lenoxleigh]

That's awesome

[@suprememagnetic4850]

I would repeat the digging & letting the water rise at least 3 times.

[@rabbitslippers]

Is there a way to add a hand water pump to an already existing well that has an electric pump? Or do you have to drill another hole line? Just wondering if there’s a way to bypass the pump and seal it off and use the existing pipe that’s already going to the well, To add the hand pump to?

[@lenoxleigh]

Could u use a generator gas or solar through blackouts for your well?

[@gunnyd9282]

Water AND electric, should you choose to use it.

[@DEBSTAH29]

The river is conected to the sewer here . but we put barrels to collect rain water .that will save us lol not playing

[@widowswatch6610]

I have a Berkey too but the top never fills more than 2 inches . How is that filtering the water. There’s 2 black filters in the top and 2 white fluoride filters in the bottom. I thought that the top should be filled up with water and covering those black filters... to filter it??? Can anyone help me out? Thanks