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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.

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.

For your consideration, I have a battery backed up inverter system for my home. I also converted a 10 circuit generator transfer switch to pick out the most critical circuits to have on back up.

I use the generator to just charge the batteries (8-L16 Trojans Lead Acid). For about a gallon of fuel a day (125000btus equivalent) I can charge the batteries (about 5000 watts for water, refrigeration, some LED lights and Coms).

My well is 175 feet deep and down an elevation of 50 feet (about 100 feet from the house) and has a 3/4HP motor. There is a substantial inrush on a motor that size, so expect an inverter system that can handle an instantaneous surge of around 8500 watts.

For a longterm situation I have 6 solar panels to charge the batteries. This would be for water only.

Just an idea and another option. The setup is not cheap, however it has come in handy during many outages. The daily generator run time is about 1 to 1.5 hours. The shorter runtime is important for OpSec.