collection of water and cold water

[wrichi]

Here is 2 small ideas
If you want to collect some good water to drink in the plain land in rainy season, just carry piece of thin cotton cloth measuring 2 meters. While it rains tie the cloth to 4 posts made of wooden poles; now place a small stone in the centre of the cloth piece.your rain water harvesting device is ready.

If you want cold water, carry a pot shaped vessel with small mouth.fill it with water, place a thin piece of cloth over the mouth and tie tightly with a lace. Now rotate that upside down suddenly, hang it in the shadow of a tree.wait for half an hour, your cold water is ready.try it, looks funny but it work.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Too bad you didn't have some pictures to go with that second description.

My brother lived in the forest for several years and his automatic dishwasher was a bucket full of dirty dished set under the corner of a low hanging tarp during a rain. crude but it worked :haha:

 

[crockett]

That's a good idea. I was hiking many years ago and toward sundown I was still far from the nearest spring but really heavy rain was threatening so I set up the tent and put pots and pans to catch runoff rainwater which worked okay. You method seems more sanitary.

 

[tenngun]

Where are you writting from? My first impression of your post was australia. Good post, have read that before but never tried it. Grew up in the high dessert, now live in a spring rich land.

 

[Claude Mathis]

Where are you writting from? My first impression of your post was australia.

I'm guessing India?

 

[tenngun]

Or maybe South Africa. Some place with some toasty dry land, English speaking and French widgets and measures.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I'm guessing India also... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ādityas

But, who knows.....could be east Texas.. :haha:

 

[Blizzard of '93]

couple good tips no matters the country of orgin.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Indeed! I welcome the diversity and think the forum will benefit from such cultural perspectives. I look forward to his posts. :thumbsup:

 

[tenngun]

:thumbsup:

 

[Loyalist Dave]

The problem I have with the second system...is that it depends on evaporation...and I live where the humidity is so high the air is super saturated...it doesn't work.

Had a kid join my scout troop...he was from Arizona...thought we were all so stupid because none of us carried canvas water bags on our packs; swore up an down it would provide nice cold water during a hike on a hot, summer day. The Scoutmaster just smiled. So several hours into the hike, the kid breaks out his canvas carrier, and is surprised the water is tepid, almost warm enough to wash dishes. Humidity that day was around 95%. :grin: No evaporation = no cooling.

LD

 

[wrichi]

Dear sir
I really don't know, how it works. But here in our summer, I have tried it and it worked.this method has been told to me by a old man of Kerala.
Thank you sir

 

[sidelock]

Once on an Idaho elk hunt a heavy hail storm hit while I was close to camp. I rushed up and got to camp in the downpour. I grabbed my foam insulated bucket we kept our eggs in to keep from freezing and collected it full of hail stones from the tent eaves. Had ice in our drinks for several nights. YES!!!!

 

[sidelock]

On an elk hunt in Idaho spent the first night in packers base camp. He offered us a beer. I'm thinking HOT..... Wrong. He has an evaporator cooler made with burlap hanging in a tree. Beer was not ice cold but sure hit the right spot.

 

[tenngun]

Dear sir
I really don't know, how it works. But here in our summer, I have tried it and it worked.this method has been told to me by a old man of Kerala.
Thank you sir

You are so polite, it is a joy to read your post :thumbsup:

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Nobody doubts it works where you are. :wink: It just doesn't work everywhere. :haha: We use the same principle in Albuquerque with a device known as a "swamp cooler" for the home air conditioning...very high heat...low desert humidity. They don't work at all here in DC. :shocked2:

LD

 

[tenngun]

Do any thing work in DC? Couldn't resist

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Well....let me see.....ummm....they gave back the SW portion to VA as it was a slum at the time, (DC was once a full "square" with the Potomac running through it) and now that portion is called Alexandria, VA, and that place "works"...

LD