Of all the questions posed by TV reporters, by people in emails and in person, those pertaining to harvesting rainwater are at the top of the most frequently asked list. In this post, I show exactly how I collect rainwater for both the holding tank and my drinking bottles.
Here we go –
As the rain falls, it collects atop my Lance Camper and is directed to the gutters. I place the blue recycling bins directly beneath the pour spouts and let gravity do the rest. Once collected in the blue bins, I use 2 slightly different procedures from this point, one for the holding tank and one for the drinking bottles.
For the on board holding tank, the rainwater is pumped by a 1/2 horsepower electric water pump which takes the water from the recycling bin, pushes it through a Katadyn Water Filter and into the holding tank receptacle on the passenger side of the Lance Camper.
For harvesting rainwater in my drinking bottles, I use the Katadyn Base Camp Filtering system. From the collecting bins, the rainwater is poured into the Base Camp Bag, hung on the Lance Camper just above a series of 32 ounce BPA free drinking bottles. Once filled, they go directly into the refrigerator to cool from there.
Without the ability to harvest and filter rainwater, the Mobile Base Camp would be challenged to remain “off road and off the grid” for very long. When it comes to staying hydrated and hygienic, I really am going farther, going greener. Mother Nature supplies the rain and gravity, I supply a little effort and Katadyn Water Filters take it from there!
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