Finding water for survival

Or, to be more exact we need to find clean water for survival. Share your tips how to find, collect or clean water. Your tip or advice can be of great value for someone in a wilderness situation.


Let me start to share a tip with you:

A good tool in finding water is your map. Almost any water source of any size will be marked on a topo map.


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noticing water 
Bugs like flies and mosquitoes will hang around water. If you happen to hear a lot of buzzing, then you should be close to a water source.

Oral rehydration solution 
In brief, that we need to drink 2 to 4 L/day is really more of a wives tale, makes no adjustment for environment, a poor measure and leads some into a ...

Personal water filtration 
One thing to always consider is how you are going to get drinking water. If you are stuck in the wilderness more than a day or 2, and develop diarrhea ...

More on chlorine and water 
With chlorine, two drops per quart of clear water and 4 drops per quart of cloudy water is the recommended dosage. Cold water, sunlight, particulates and ...

Easy water filter 
I have found an easy way to filter surface water using some very simple things. First off, everywhere you look, there is always a plastic bottle lying ...

Going without water 
Going without water in the wilderness can put you in serious trouble. You can survive without food for weeks but only 3-4 days without water. In hot weather,...

Dig for water 
One method of collecting water is to dig for water. Look for dry creek beds, sandy bottomlands or ravines. They may have water below the surface. Simply ...

Soil moisture pit 
1. Dig a hole 2m x 2m x 1m.
2. Take an empty water bottle and cut the top off.
3. Make a small hole in the center for the bottle.
4. Cover the large ...

Chlorine in water 
An army friend of mine said he used to carry a small eyedropper bottle full of straight chlorine bleach. He get his drinking water from a clear stream ...

Boil water in a lexan bottle 
Because water boils before plastic melts, it is possible to boil water in a lexan bottle. Mind you, it`s easy to melt plastic in an open flame so doing ...

Dew collection for water  Not rated yet
If you are in an area with tall grass and you can spare it, take off your shirt and tie it around your shin as you start walking. When it gets wet enough,...

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