Getting Started With Off-Grid Water Systems

Interested in learning more about getting your water off the grid? Join us as we explore different methods and techniques for collecting and moving your own water. We'll explore the basics of collecting rain water versus ground water, lifestyle changes you can make to decrease your water usage, and how to manage your own water throughout its lifecycle. Let us know: do you have an off-grid water system? If so, what has worked for you?

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[ksbrook]

Yes. Very good overview of the options. And I appreciate the resources you have shared for finding more information.
Right now I live in an apartment, so establishing an off-grid water system is not an option. BUT, I can start thinking of ways to reduce my water consumption (for example, using my dishwater to flush the toilet and start doing more sponge baths), as well as finding a way to collect rain-water for my houseplants, even if it is only for a few months.

[BrnyAnmynu]

Great vid! love how much info there is in this one, all the links too!

[SolomonJaye]

You're awesome. Thank you. Just added 2 of the 4 books and the urine book to my amazon cart and now looking into this compost toilet subject.

[ocoro]

damn insanely high quality video, subbed 🤙

[sweaterdoll]

Great video. Urine is not sterile. If it were, we wouldn't be handing a urine sample to the nurse for labs to determine whether or not we have bacterial and viral infections. It can still be used for lots of things, but no, it is not sterile. When I had to haul water from a well into my Alaskan cabin with two toddlers, water usage became a significant life skill. We used the three dish tub method for washing dishes, the first with hot water (about 2-3" full), the others with an inch or so of room temp rinse water. I bathed the kids every 3-4 days in a washtub. I used about 1 gallon of water for myself once or twice a week, first dipping my head into a deep pail of water and washing it with a touch of natural shampoo. I used a cup to rinse out into a dish tub. When mostly rinsed, I washed my body with the barely soapy rinse water, then dipped my head into the remaining clean water for a final hair rinse and poured the remaining water over myself to clean myself off completely. 1 gallon or less did this with long hair. Another tip, though, is to cut your hair and you have less to wash. The rest of the week was a washcloth bath. Sometimes we just used a dry bath brush and then a very wet washcloth to wash off dirt and dead skin.

[claudecoteIAM]

This is AMAZINGLY helpful! Thank You!

[ildikovt]

After a newly purchased older home, we ran out of water the first summer. Had to frack the well, and set up a secondary tank & pump for back up. I collect rain water all summer long for outdoor use, and have the ability to distill water with a distiller that runs on electricity or purify without power with a Berkee filter system. I also collect my grey water in my bathroom to flush the toilet with.

[OfftoShambala]

In some areas, a well should be the last option. I understand the costs or ability to diy a well or access to ground water is easier and cheaper or whatever… but, I’d start right in with rainwater collection and diverting rain on the ground. Having ponds is great but water can be diverted to into planting areas and encouraged to soak in with berms. With something like hugelkulture, the plants in those areas will need very little ‘manual watering’ once established. But, there’s lots of options.

[chefbperez]

I've been off grid for a few months...lol. bucket lugging 100% rain water. 😅

[fredflintstone]

Been drinking out of stream gull of fish snd eild animals forty years no filter no issues😊

[stevecrabtree]

Collecting rainwater is the best and easiest for city people like me.Its actually better than the city water.

[tinyhouseranch]

a few thousand dollars for a well?!! Not here in northern Arizona.. my estimated cost was $96k and 600 feet down.. so i will be hauling and collecting till i die😂

[Thirtyfivepercentferal]

A few thousand dollars for a well. 😅 I wish.

[leny]

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[colinrobert-kvup]

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[JAgrace]

Why does she need to talk so fast???? Sounds like a robot going fast forward. I would love to listen to her videos if it wasn’t it talks way to fast! 😢