Ridiculously extreme boondocking tips
If you have both unlimited power and water, stop reading -- you don’t need these tips. And if you are still reading, you already know the obvious things -- switch to LED lights, use paper plates ...
Forum Discussion
100% of my drinking water sources have a faucet on it. Asking people not to bathe in water sources--even if you could convince those people--does nothing to mitigate the bacteria from the hundreds that have "gone" before.
Back in the day eco-friendly backpacking meant not digging a latrine within 100 feet of a water source. Well, by now the contents of those latrines have seeped into the water sources, and it's a bit late for an ounce of prevention. While filters could be stacked and chlorinated to clean up that water, you're starting with dirty water--much dirtier than the public utilities start with. I treat my faucet water with stacked filters and chlorination.
Back in the day eco-friendly backpacking meant not digging a latrine within 100 feet of a water source. Well, by now the contents of those latrines have seeped into the water sources, and it's a bit late for an ounce of prevention. While filters could be stacked and chlorinated to clean up that water, you're starting with dirty water--much dirtier than the public utilities start with. I treat my faucet water with stacked filters and chlorination.
