With all the stuff going on about severe drought, it's reminding me that water will be really important and likely hard to get post-SHTF. I'm on town water, and installing a full blown well is out of the question. I'm wondering if installing a simple well point may do the trick.
I understand they're good up to at most 25 feet. The hand pump is also a limiting factor since it can't pump water up any further than that. What's the likelihood that I'd reach a decent supply of water around here (NW of Boston in the suburbs) with it?
Can you pump an adequate supply of water with one of these? How clean is the water? Would I need to filter it before drinking (yeah, I should probably have it tested too)?
If I don't do something like this, the it's a mile to fetch water from the nearest river. That's difficult to do on a regular basis. There's a canal much closer, but YUCK it is disgusting looking.
I understand they're good up to at most 25 feet. The hand pump is also a limiting factor since it can't pump water up any further than that. What's the likelihood that I'd reach a decent supply of water around here (NW of Boston in the suburbs) with it?
Can you pump an adequate supply of water with one of these? How clean is the water? Would I need to filter it before drinking (yeah, I should probably have it tested too)?
If I don't do something like this, the it's a mile to fetch water from the nearest river. That's difficult to do on a regular basis. There's a canal much closer, but YUCK it is disgusting looking.