Drinking water

This book teaches how to procure safe drinking water. Topics covered are rainwater
harvesting, desalination, groundwater use and water disinfection. This is useful for
regions where safe drinking water is difficult to come by, for disaster relief or for
water conservancy. The purpose of this book is to reduce misfortunes associated
with water problems throughout the world: including reduction of disease spread
from unsanitary water, personal dehydration, and water shortage problems.

Contents
Rain barrel: DIY
Distillation: Solar still
Atmosphere water collection
Ice
Well
Filtration
Displacement: hand water pump, bailer water bucket, electric pump
Disinfection
Solar water disinfection
Water: stress, crisis, security, scarcity
Africa
Americas
Australia
Eurasia
Remote regions

Only pages that are largely incomplete are marked. Pages that are 75% percent or
more complete are not marked.

Related wikibooks

Self-Reliance Handbook/Purifying Water

Outdoor Survival/Water
When It Hits the Fan/Water Purification
Backpack Camping and Woodland Survival/Skills/Water Purification
Hydroculture - A way to self sustainable food production

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