Mouse Wizard….Thank You for tip on lubricating gaskets in Katadyne. In arid climate…I should have thot of that. I even keep ordinary rubber bands, etc in the fridge to keep them from dehydrating! Will be checking that soooon! {what do you use to lubricate the gasket, please?}
Namelus…we already have a big pond so the seepage is a back up. Both are in livestock pastures but if I needed better water in a summer’s bad drought, the seepage might be worth the effort to enlarge for use. Currently trickles year ’round into the creek.
I know a particular place in the middle of a road that one would find water not too far down…..it’s a bad spot every springtime. It’s good to take note of water places…especially in our arid region.
Course for purifying water, there is always unscented bleach – I write the drops-per-gallon on every new bottle I buy. Rather not use it but….
And boiling if you have the fuel. That’s harder up in very high altitude to actually achieve HOT. Boiling [water movement] up here isn’t actually HOT enough. My dairy thermometer tells me the real temperature.
Solar Pasteurization ….but that’s too iffy up in these altitudes most of the year.
OldMtWoman