On 08/17/2013 09:19 AM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> All sounds good, Mr. Squirrel.  When I am at a suitable water source
> such as your river, I just use a bucket.  Pump is more eloquent, I
> suppose, but also requires more stuff and more doing.

Aye, that it does. But the particular bank I plan to camp on on this
particular river is quite steep and the water hits waist-deep about 6''
from the "shore." Current's strong, too. There isn't a place to stand
and dip water. Would need to immerse myself, then somehow haul myself
and the bucket up the steep bank. Then do it a few more times. Thus the
pump and hose I will toss in the water.

The pump and its hose are heavier than water. They would sink to the
bottom and pump up silt if I just tossed them in. So I'll use a float to
keep the pump up off the bottom. The pump will dangle on 2' of hose
below the float. An anchor (a mesh bag of rocks, really) will keep the
pump and float from drifting downstream.

I think I've designed this to work. And possibly win an award for most
complicated way to go about doing anything, ever.

> BTW, what water treatment do you use?  If I am going to use the water
> without boiling, I use chlorine bleach.

I'm going back and forth between chlorine bleach and iodine. Both
effective, both cheap, both e-z-2-do, but both taste crummy. There are
other methods but they are not inexpensive or don't easily handle larger
volumes of water like in the Westy fresh water tank.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.