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How to Find Life-Saving Water in the Wild

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© How to Find Life-Saving Water in the Wild

How to Find Life-Saving

Water in the Wild


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DISCLAIMER .................................................................................................................. 3

How to Find Safe Drinking Water in the Wild .............................................................. 4

Where Is the Water Hidden in the Wild? ...................................................................... 5

How to Find Water Springs and Ponds ..................................................................... 5

How to Get Water from the Air .................................................................................. 6

How to Get Water from Other Sources ..................................................................... 6

How to Treat the Water You Find in the Wild ............................................................... 7

Using Snow and Ice to Get Your Drinking Water........................................................ 9

Use Only Clean Snow! ............................................................................................ 10

Melting Snow .......................................................................................................... 11

How To Turn Salt Water Into Drinking Water ............................................................ 12

Evaporation Distillation Method 1 ............................................................................... 13




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How to Find Safe Drinking Water in

the Wild

Through the years, I’ve heard many stories, horrible stories, about campers stranded

out in the wild for days and days on end. Some of them never made it back to

civilization, but those who survived and got back to tell the tale managed to find

themselves a steady supply of the one thing that we can’t live without: clean water.

The problem with surviving for extended periods of time in the wilderness is that there’s

no way that you can carry enough water, equipment and food with you to last for weeks.

Hence, if you’re a prepper who knows his priorities, you already know that you need to

acquire the survival skills (and tools) to find what you need in the wile, before you boldly

go where no camper has gone before.


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Let’s face it; it’s much easier to find and purify available water on the spot than it is to

carry the weight that an adequate supply of potable water in the wilderness would

mean. In fact, I’ll have to say that that’s pretty much impossible, as I told you before.

Dehydration is a silent killer; one that comes without warning, depleting you of your

strength in no time; it also impairs judgment; so you should avoid getting dehydrated at

all costs. That’s why, when bugging out to your new home location, the prepared plans

must include where to find food and water that is safe to consume.

Water usually needs to be clean, running, and not contaminated, and many times you

can find streams, rivers, and ponds along with the animal tracks.

Where Is the Water Hidden in the Wild?

How to Find Water Springs and Ponds

Bees are a great indicator that a source of water is nearby. You will rarely find a bee

hive further than 3-4 miles from a water source, so an area nearby one will definitely

deserve a second look for a water source.

Ants are usually another indicator that water might be found nearby. If you see ants

climbing a tree trunk and disappearing into one of its holes, it is likely that at the bottom

there is a small water reservoir from all the dew collected there. However don’t rush to

cut down the tree trunk, but rather use a straw or a DIY mop to collect the water at the

bottom of the hole.

Mason flies are sure indicators of water source, so if you see any flying and suddenly

dropping to the ground it’s a sure thing that the ground will be moist and a fresh water

source lies beneath it.

Grain-eating birds are another way of telling that a water source it really near, as they all

require water after feeding. Observing their tracks and manner of flying you will be able

to tell in which direction the water source is.


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How to Get Water from the Air

A good DIY method to get your survival water in the wild is to build a solar still into

the ground. This is a great method because you only need minimal gear in order to

procure water via evaporation. All you have to have is a plastic sheet, such as a

garbage bag, a pan or container to put in the bottom and a piece of rubber tubing.

To make it, all you need to do is to dig an inverted cone shaped hole into the ground.

Then put a container in the bottom, with the end of the rubber hose anchored in it. Lay

out the hose so that the other end is outside the hole and anchor it as well. Cut off

leaves and other greenery and put them in the hole as well, taking care to make sure

that they aren’t covering the pan.

The hole must be covered with a plastic sheet, making sure that no moisture can

escape. After that, you must put a small rock on the plastic cover, in the center, making

the plastic dip over the pan or container. As the water evaporates from the ground and

the plants you put in the hole, it will condensate on the plastic sheet (that cools easily)

and drip down inside the container.

Cool, huh? The water can be sucked out of the pan through the tubing, so that you don’t

have to open the still up. You must take into account that this is not the fastest method

to get yourself drinking water, but it works like a charm, anytime anywhere. For

better/faster results, you can dig a few holes instead of one, given that you have enough

plastic sheet available.

How to Get Water from Other Sources

Snow and ice are other great sources of water, as long as it’s not sea ice. Keep in mind

that you should never eat ice or snow in order to hydrate, but rather melt it in a

container. But we are going to talk about it a little bit later, in the next chapter of this

report.


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Another great source of water is the ocean, but you need to turn it into drinking water.

We’ll see how to do it too.

How to Treat the Water You Find in the Wild

It is best to treat all water as contaminated because even clear running water can have

all kinds of contaminants including microorganisms and heavy metals. Even water from

a stinking, stagnant mud puddle can be made fit to drink.

There are many different methods for purifying water. Before relying on any system, you

can, and should use water testing kits available on the market to test out your system to

see if you have all bases covered.

Overall, your system for providing your survival water in the wild should include viable

processes for:

Filtration to remove both large and small debris and sediment,

Removal of heavy metals and toxins (activated charcoal will not remove all toxins

or heavy metals; so you will need to use bone char or something else),

Removal of bacteria and other microorganisms (boiling the water usually works

for this, as does setting it out in a plastic bottle in the sun for several hours).

Now, let’s take a look at the main ways of purifying water in the wild in order to mitigate

the risk of contamination with bacteria, or other parasites:

1. Boiling is the easiest and oldest way to purify water. You need a fireproof container

and the means to make fire. Like I said, you should never go out, risking your life,

without knowing the basics of survival, i.e. making fire like the Cro-Magnon man did

50,000 years ago.

It’s shameful to live in the 21′st century and not know the basics of outdoors living, don’t

you think? Prior to boiling the water, filter out the larger particles with a towel or a t-shirt.


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2. Most preppers buy one of the high-tech filtration/purification pumps. This type of

gear is available at any camping or outdoors supply shop. There are many types of

pumps with various kinds of filters, which will purify water instantly. They work by

squeezing the water through a ceramic or charcoal filter, while treating it with chemical

substances.

It’s much easier to carry a water filter around with you than burden yourself with 5

gallons of water, right? There are also water filtering straws and water bottles with built

in filters. These use suction power for filtering the water and have the obvious

advantage of being easier to carry around.

You can improvise your own DIY water filter as well, making a bio-filter out of things that

you find in the wild. Start with a cone, made out of a strip of bark. Fill it with consecutive

layers of charcoal, sand, grass and gravel, with the charcoal being at the bottom. You

can get charcoal fairly easy from your fire.

While it won’t work as good as activated charcoal, it will provide some filtering,

especially if you break it into small pieces. Allow the water to percolate through the

layers, coming out at least somewhat purified at the end. Keep in mind that the more

filtering that the water has, the better it will come out.

3. You can buy and carry military style water purification drops or tablets. This is

one of the easiest to use water purification methods. The downside of the method is

that the water treated that way doesn’t taste so great. The main ingredient in these

tablets is iodine, but there are also chlorine/potassium permanganate pills. The military

only recommends using these methods when other methods are not available.

Considering the flavor, I have to agree with them.


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Using Snow and Ice to Get Your

Drinking Water

Just like in the summer, water is crucial in cold climates as well. We lose water from

breathing and sweating and if we don’t resupply our bodily fluids in a timely fashion,

dehydration may ensue.

And let us tell you something: dehydration is your number one enemy in a real life

survival scenario, it will kill you surely and quickly.

Even in the winter, you will require at least half a gallon of water per day to maintain

efficiency.


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Use Only Clean Snow!

Especially if you’re in a cold environment, due to dehydration you will be prone to

frostbite and hypothermia. Therefore, finding a safe source or method for your daily

water supply is one of the most important things you can ever learn.

The good thing about cold climates is that you have plenty of snow and ice available

and guess what – snow and ice are made of water. All you have to do is to find a way to

melt it and you’re golden!

First things first though, don’t eat the yellow snow.

Actually, don’t eat snow at all; you may damage the

inside of your mouth.

Also your body temperature will drop, and that will

actually dehydrate you faster so that’s not a good

idea at all.

Basically, you will have to find a clean source of ice

or snow and you’ll have to melt it in order to quench

your thirst.

Keep in mind that it will take some time and energy to

procure water, so don’t wait until the first symptoms of dehydration appear: start early,

plan ahead.

First, you must be aware of the fact that snow and ice are as pure as the water from

which they were born. Also, keep in mind that snow tends to retain all the impurities in

the atmosphere; hence, you should avoid snow that looks contaminated with traces of

dirt or other dubious debris.

Another thing to remember is that ice will give you more water than snow, all things

being equal, because it has a much higher density than snow. So, basically, go for ice

instead of snow, if possible.


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Melting Snow

Here’s a method for melting/filtering snow using

a T-Shirt or something similar:

But the easiest way to melt your ice or snow is

to do so in a pan over fire.

If you can’t make a fire (that’s kind of bad for

you in the long run), you can try melting some

snow in a bottle between the inner /outer layers

of your clothing. It should work, to some extent.

Put the ice/snow in a heat resistant container, melt it, boil it to eliminate pathogens and

that’s about it. You can store water for later in a bottle and keep it close to your body in

order to prevent it from freezing again.


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How To Turn Salt Water Into

Drinking Water

Though our planet is covered in water, only one half of 1 percent is drinkable! For

example, people who live in coastal regions are surrounded by water but it does them

no good because one of the quickest ways to die of dehydration is to drink salt water.

There are ways to make that water potable, though, and science is finding even more

ways. In order to turn salt water into drinking water, you need to desalinate it first. That

just means that you need to remove the salt.

There are many methods for doing this but the most efficient and realistic way to do it in

a survival situation is by using the distillation by evaporation method.


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One of the easiest ways to convert salt water to drinking water is by using heat. You

simply heat the water until it turns to steam, then capture the steam.

The water will evaporate but the salt and other impurities won’t. The problem here is

that it requires a ridiculous amount of energy in the form of heat to get the job done.

Still, it’s effective and if you combine the process with others, such as cooking or

heating, you won’t be wasting nearly so much fuel.

Evaporation Distillation Method 1

This is a simple method but won’t net much fresh water at a time. If you’re on the run or

just need enough for a couple of people, it will work, though. You’ll need a metal cup

heavy enough not to float or heat-resistant glass, a pot with a domed lid and heat.

1. Place the cup in the pot.

2. Add salt water to the pot, making sure that it doesn’t get in the cup. Don’t fill it so

high that you run the risk of the water boiling into the cup.

3. Turn the lid upside down and place it on the pot. Make sure that your cup is

underneath the lowest point of the lid and that the lid seals well. Otherwise, you’ll

lose most of your steam before it drips into the cup as fresh water.

4. Turn the heat up under the pot so that the water boils gently. You don’t want it to

boil so hard that it splashes salt water into the glass or upsets the glass.

5. As the water boils, it will turn to steam, which will rise to the lid and run down the

lid into the cup, leaving salt and other impurities in the bottom of the pan.

6. As a side note, you can do this with a pressure cooker too, and it will require less

heat. Just be sure that you don’t boil it dry and crack the cup or the pot.

Hint: You can perform this method for turning salt water into drinking water

using solar heat, too. It will take several hours so be sure that you have plenty of

time and sunlight. Just put the pan out in the morning so that it has all day to

evaporate.


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You could even substitute plastic wrap for the lid and just put a small rock or something

in the center over the glass to form a drip point. If you use a round, see-through glass

bottle or jug, the process will be much quicker because the glass will act as a prism,

heating the water faster.


This method for turning salt water into

drinking water allows you to distill a bit

more water though you’ll still be using

quite a bit of energy. It operates on

basically the same theory as an alcohol

still.

You’ll also need a heat-resistant glass

or metal bottle, a cork or rubber seal for

the bottle, a few of feet of tubing and a catch-basin.

1. Make a hole in the piece of rubber or cork just big enough for the tubing to fit in.

2. Fill the bottle with water, leaving some space at the top.

3. Place the tube through the cork or seal so that it is even with the bottom of the

cork, then put the cork in the top of the bottle.

4. Run the tubing to another container that is lower than the bottle so that the water

can run out of it and not back into the bottle.

5. Put the bottle over your heat source, being careful not to get the tubing hot.

6. Bring the water to a boil and watch as the steam comes out of the water, through

the tubing and converts back to water as it drips out of the end of the tube into

your container.

Hint: If you have a teapot, you could attach the tubing to the spout. Same theory!


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This method is sort of a morphing of the two processes we’ve already discussed and

may come in handy if you’re on the run and don’t have access to anything other than

your camp pan. We always include aluminum foil in the list of things to keep in your

bug-out bag and this is yet another use for it. You’ll need tubing too, so toss a few feet

of it into your bag as well.

1. Fill your camp pot about half way with salt water.

2. Form a cone with your aluminum foil so that the tubing is wrapped around the top

of the cone and the bottom is used to seal the pot.

3. Place the pot over heat and run the tubing to a catch basin or bottle.

4. As the water comes to a simmer, it will start to evaporate and the steam will

come up through the tube, dripping fresh water out the other end.

If you have the cash, you can invest in a solar-powered desalination unit that turns salt

water into drinking water so you’ll be ready when SHTF. For that matter, with a little bit

of ingenuity, you can build your own. It’s just basically a larger version of the bowl-and-

plastic desalination method that we just described.

You can also use reverse osmosis to desalinate water but it’s not exactly something that

you can build. You can buy personal RO devices for your home and even for water

bottles but building your own in a SHTF situation isn’t realistic for most people. It

requires special membranes and pressurization.

There is a technology being researched right now called electrodialysis. It’s not really

new but progress has been slow on it. It involves using an electrical charge to remove

the salt ions from the water and though it’s a great idea, they’ve only been able to reach

about 25% desalinization. 99% is required for water to be considered potable.

We’ll keep you posted on it though.


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Along with desalinating water, all of the methods that we’ve described today also distill

the water, effectively removing bacteria, viruses and other impurities from the water.

If you’re using any of the solar methods, be sure to filter the water before you try to

desalinate it because the process works best when the water is clear. Murky water will

still work but it will take much longer.

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