[Andrewksu]

Much thanks. I have a decent collection on construction, gardening, livestock, and practical trades, but lean on surveying and ground water. Also have the Foxfire series which is great.

[JRandomFreeper]

Firefox series, third shelf down, leftmost bookcabinet, right hand side. I could find it in the dark. Great series, but take it with a grain of salt. They leave out a lot of important detail.

'Living on 5 acres' is good, too, but leaves out important details.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Hydrology tends to be fairly specialized. Any AG college should have old textbooks for sale. But an average American can get by on 35 gallons of sanitized water a day, and boiling, chlorinating, or filtering the water shouldn't be a big step for someone with some smarts and a little education.

You don't want to know the details of what kind of water I cooked with in Alaska, while with the military. It was good and safe, when we finished, but I tried not to think of where it came from.

Boiling surface or sub-surface water is always an option, if you can't drill 160-400 ft and run a well.

Always pour boiled drinking water between two containers for a few minutes to re-oxygenate it and make it more palatable.

/johnny