You remind me I need to buy a Katadyne and to drain and refill my two 55 gallon drums. And I live in a much more wet place.
When my wife and I sold our last place our number 1 concern was water. The place we bought 12 years ago is 6 acres sitting between 2 year round streams and has 3 fulltime springs feeding small ponds and a thirty foot well. Compared to our last place which was 80 acres on the high plains with an 850 foot well into the Ogallalla aquifer. I sleep better at night knowing I’ve got a good source for water.