Sporting goods and camping stores as well as a number of discount stores and mail-order firms offer water filters. One model to consider is the Swiss-made Katadyn. Although it isn't cheap, the Katadyn is popular with serious outdoorsmen, Third World travelers and others who frequently deal with polluted water. To improve the taste of treated and stored water, pour the liquid from one clean container to another several times. Top of Page How to get water from a drilled well when the power is off Most homesteaders get their water from private, drilled wells.
Most private wells use electric pumps.
Therefore, without electricity, most homesteaders won't have water. Apparently, many others had the same thought. The item was backordered and it took almost a month to get delivery. By then I had put together a homemade one, from parts available at the local hardware store. Then we discovered that neither one would work in our well.