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====== Water ====== | ====== Water ====== | ||
- | ===== potable | + | Water sourcing and management is an important aspect of life on the road, since there are obviously no pipes bringing |
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+ | ===== Water needs ===== | ||
+ | Vandwellers living minimally (no showers or slip-n-slides) will typically require 1 gallon of potable water every day for [[water: | ||
- | ===== non-potable | + | Your needs will vary based on the ways you use water. The amount of water you need to store onboard will also vary based on how often you can resupply. |
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- | ===== wastewater | + | ===== Water quality |
+ | **[[water: | ||
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+ | **Wastewater** is water that has been contaminated during use. | ||
- | Drinking | + | * **[[water: |
- | cooking | + | * **[[water: |
- | cleaning | + | ===== Obtaining fresh water ===== |
+ | See [[water: | ||
+ | ===== Conserving water ===== | ||
+ | It is far easier to //use less water// than to haul, store, and dispose of gray water. | ||
+ | ===== Improving water quality ===== | ||
+ | Sometimes it will be easier to obtain lower quality water and then improve it as required for your uses. For example, non-potable fresh water can be made potable through filtration and purification. | ||
- | ====== hygiene ====== | + | **Filtration** means removing particulate matter such as mud, sand, large plant cells such as algae and phytoplankton. It does not remove very small particles that can make you sick. |
- | bathing | + | **Purification** means removing or killing the germs, bacteria, and other contaminates that can make you sick. |
- | showering | + | Not all water needs to be both filtered and purified. Some natural water from fast-flowing streams or springs may have very little particulate matter in it and be very clear already, and will only need purification if you're going to drink or cook with it. |
- | baby wiping | + | As a general rule, // |
- | ====== | + | Not all water can be made safe for use; it is //not// practical to purify water that is chemically or mineralogically tainted. |
+ | Gray water cannot generally be improved enough for reuse as non-potable water, but systems are available for certain uses, like a " | ||
- | ===== unplumbed ===== | + | See this [[https:// |
- | ===== plumbed | + | ===== Disposing of wastewater |
+ | See [[water: | ||