island prepper

[23pioneer]

hi all, i live on an island off the north coast of scotland, i have been prepping for a while but mainly for the winters but now i am starting to prep for the longer term, i have just completed 22 years in the army so i have learned a few skills there. i am trying to turn my home into a place where if we loose power we can survive indefinataly, we already use a cess pit for sewage, and draw our water from a well (with an electric pump), i am trying to find a hand pump which will pull the water 350meters and to a height of about 8meters any suggestions gratefully accepted.. i hope to be an active member of the site and contribute positivly where possible

[Trish52]

Well hello & welcome

[tigs]

hello and welcome

[lightningxl]

Greetings island prepper have you though of a windmill water pump you'll need a tank or reservoiur check out this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh4n6QzX9S0 about 10.20 mins in.

If you are making your own a vertical windmill is much simpler.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UPe6A_UVPc

If you are on a hill pump water up hill store in reservouir then release down pipe vis micro hydro turbine much more efficient then wind for electric gen

Hope that helps

[pseudonym]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

Thankyou for your Service.

[SJS]

Being that you're up the Scotland way, you might also want to consider rain trapping as a viable suplement to your well. In the non-winter months, I presume you get more than your fair share of rain as it is? Might as well tap it from above as well as below

I trap rain water here (it's cleaner than the water from the taps anyway, and doesn't contain all the pesticides, herbicides and lime). I use a LifeSaver purification bottle (and in the house the Jerrycan version) to make that water 100% safe to drink (don't even need to boil it). Best part: works out over 10,000x cheaper than paying Anglian Water for the crap they're pumping through out taps!

[junmist]

Hi and welcome

[The Ace of Spades]

Hello. Welcome to UKP.

Ace.

[Bilbo]

Hi Mate and welcome