pumping creek water

CavemanCharlie wrote:

TNGW1500SE wrote:
If you're in the middle of nowhere, set up some tarps for a blind down by the creeks and use this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwLtFXET0Zo

USE A FILTER ON THE INLET HOSE!

If your in the middle of no where you would not even need the blind.

There is wildlife that some of us may not want to offend!!!

TNGW1500SE wrote:
If you're in the middle of nowhere, set up some tarps for a blind down by the creeks and use this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwLtFXET0Zo

USE A FILTER ON THE INLET HOSE!

If your in the middle of no where you would not even need the blind.

I use creek water all the time and I've never gotten sick...To fill the mash barrel, cool the condenser, etc. oh, but wait - I do boil the mash - and the small amount of water left is disinfected by the alcohol.

Never mind. ??????

I used to spend about 2 weeks with 10 other guys trout fishing in the mountains without any facilities other than pit toilets. We used a small 110V sump pump mounted inside a 5gal plastic bucket. There were 1" holes drilled around the bucket about 2 inches from the bottom. There was fine mesh screen wire riveted on the outside over the holes to prevent debris from getting sucked in. The pump was fitted with a garden hose fitting. We ran a garden hose and a 110v cord from the pump to the campsite, sometimes 50 feet of more. When we needed water we would start the small generator that was at the camp site.

We used turkey fryers to heat the water to wash dishes then add a little bleach.

Those who say not to bathe in the water are not thinking about all of the times people swim in lakes and rivers. What about all of the boaters that play in the water all summer long? Do they really think that people play in the water all day long and never swallow any of the water? I believe that I do almost every time the canoe turns over.

I've pumped a lot of water. Its not difficult to regulate flow. As to HF, their stuff is as good or better than NT and a lot less money.

The pump is an example. A foot pump would fill his water tank by and by.

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Hello.....My guess is he intends to fill his fresh water tank, not plumb the creek to his city water inlet :B

Really, really simple ;)

Still way to much flow. 2220 GPH would look like a firehose. Well... if a pump from Harbor Freight even worked at all

If you're in the middle of nowhere, set up some tarps for a blind down by the creeks and use this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwLtFXET0Zo

USE A FILTER ON THE INLET HOSE!

Hello.....My guess is he intends to fill his fresh water tank, not plumb the creek to his city water inlet :B

Really, really simple ;)

coolbreeze01 wrote:
This pump won't drain your battery or take all day:

http://www.harborfreight.com/15-79cc-1-in-gas-engine-clear-water-pump-2220-gph-69747.html

I'd say if you hooked that pump up to your camper, you're going to need a plumber about the time it starts up and the creeks going to dry up pretty quick. Bad advice! That pump is rated at 2220 Gallons per hour, it seems like you might be really clean when you got out of the shower. 37 gallons a minute! LOL! If you're going to hook any water pump up to your camper, it's going to have to have a pressure switch to shut it off. I'd say somewhere around 40 PSI would be a good place to shut it off at. A gasoline engine is not going to be the way to go and I will not even get into why you should stay out of Harbor Freight. You're going to have to calculate pipe size, pipe length and elevation difference between the pump and the camper. Not to mention voltage drop in the wiring. It's do-able with a 12 volt pump but you will have to factor in the items I mentioned above.

wvabeer wrote:
I have an electric water pump that was givin to me, it is your standard rv pump but it is 120 volt handy if you have a generator and an extension cord. I take a drinking safe water hose down to the creek and put one end in a coffee can and sink it in the water with a rock. The coffee can is to keep sand and dirt from sucking into the water by keeping off the creek bottom. I then connect the pump to the hose and another hose to the outlet from the pump and fill my camper. just be sure to used a strainer on the inlet of the pump. If you think you need to you can put a little bleach in with the water but I do not. I do this all the time.

thanks great advice