Revisiting one of the gaps in most folks (including mine) homesteading/emergency plans.......clean water. Happening now all over the south after this deep freeze.
Most of us are on a public water system. We have recently seen how vulnerable these sources are, ranging from algea blooms in Lake Erie shutting down northern ohio or being hacked and having the concoction mix being altered to an unsafe level. Even if you have a well, unless it has a hand pump, or a solar power and pumping source, if the juice quits flowing, having enough clean water for drinking, hygiene and cooking becomes an immediate issue.
Stumbled across this product this AM while working on putting together a filtration system for an upcoming rain harvest setup. So once you consume all the water bottles, water jugs, empty the hot water tanks, scoop up the last bit in the bath tub, and start thinking of using the water available in the back of the toilet or the crick or pond out back...this looks to be pretty cool and could be cheap insurance for you and your family if you have a source of water that needs filtered.
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