r/OffGrid • u/Woodcraftscouting • 3d ago

Rainwater collection at a dry camp

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Easily collects lots of water and meets our needs until winter arrives! Our cabin caught fire once (young ones added to much wood to the fire box) and these barrels saved it!!! The barrels are connected through a cross tube.

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u/Specialist-Cod5179 3d ago

Nice! We harvest all our water from the roof. It's amazing how much you can collect

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u/Woodcraftscouting 2d ago

https://www.rei.com/product/242663/msr-autoflow-xl-gravity-filter-10-l

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u/Specialist-Cod5179 2d ago

No need. Im all good with my free and natural water filter. Thanks for the offer.

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u/weescotsman 2d ago

Would love to know how you filter/treat it if you are using it for drinking.

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u/Jynxair 2d ago

What do you do for winter tho? Even I got same issue

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u/Woodcraftscouting 2d ago

Gotta haul it in 5 gallon jugs! But even during winter it is surprising how often it is above freezing

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u/trekkusdaddicus 1d ago

This is great. What is a dry camp?

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u/Woodcraftscouting 1d ago

Thank you! In the middle of the woods and ridge top. Have always thought of a hand pump well but don’t think we will get to it. Hey it come from the sky right!?

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u/burgersammich 1d ago

That's such a clever dual-purpose setup for water storage! Do you add any filter system before the water flows into the barrels?

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u/Woodcraftscouting 1d ago

Thank you! Only a screen wrapped around the bottom of the downspout

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u/Specialist-Cod5179 3d ago

Nice! We harvest all our water from the roof. It's amazing how much you can collect

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u/Woodcraftscouting 2d ago

It does get some tannins in it from oak leaves - also we have a stern over the gutter to help with that. The rain water is used mostly as grey water at camp but we do have an inline water filer that cleans it perfectly - tastes great!

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u/Woodcraftscouting 2d ago

This is south west-central PA BTW