You ask: “Do you have a backup way to use a well that I haven’t thought of?”
a deep well pump - all weather - on my well head - (I’d like to also dig a shallow well - as my water level is very high. My dream would be a shallow well with my red pump inside on the side of the sink - like I grew up with - no electricity needed)
https://www.lehmans.com/c-275-deep-wells.aspx
In addition, I have a tiny brooklet - that I carved out of my part of 1.5 acre to direct water - rather than letting it spread out in useless pools - running from small vernal pond in woods across road - runs most all year.
Thanks for the link. I’d forgotten about those. Won’t work for us since we have 400’ to go, though.
I just need to have a variety of options in place, just like with all my prepping. If I think only one method is needed and that one fails, I’m toast.
City water, well water - and a large propane tank and generator, creek and pond water, and storing rain water are what I’ve got so far.
Plan Z is to take off into the Cherokee National Forest if everything else falls apart. But that’s a last ditch effort. But the Bielski brothers managed, even in a Belarusian winter.
“My dream would be a shallow well with my red pump inside on the side of the sink - like I grew up with - no electricity needed)”
Wouldn’t that be great! I hope you get one.