https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Water_and_Sanitation/Hawai_Rain_Harvesting_Guide.pdf
Can’t drill a water well on an island. Hawaii relies heavily on rainwater harvesting.
Can’t harvest rainwater in one or two PNW states because the State says they own the rain that falls on your land.
Rainwater is like distilled water in that it has no minerals so you need to take mineral supplements or eat tree nuts if all you drink is rainwater. Peanuts and nuts from bushes or small trees like hazelnuts won’t do because their tap roots don’t go deep enough to pick up minerals.
I’m surrounded by springs which was considered when we bought this hunk of woods. We used a tank for the first few years and would fill it from the spring down the hill from us. We drive over two creeks to get here and they originate from two different springs.
People come down from St Louis on the weekends to go canoeing/kayaking/tubing in the Meramec River which is super clear and very cold water because it’s fed by dozens of springs including the huge Meramec Spring.
We have no water worries here aside from how to tote it.
“We have no water worries here aside from how to tote it.”
Same here. Can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a water source. Just have to make it potable.
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