Category: Wilderness Survival

If you are heading outdoors, you know how important having a source of clean water is. A person cannot survival without water for more than a few days.

In this article, we will illustrate a method of collecting clean and drinkable water. This is a method that is often used by infantrymen as part of jungle survival.

For this method you will need the following things:

1. Ground Sheet.
This can be bought in military and hiking equipment stores.

2. Four tent building sticks.
This can be bought in military and hiking equipment stores.

3. A clean rock
Preferable granite or marble.

4. Nylon string or comscord.
This is used for securing ground sheet corners to the ground.

4. A water bottle.
This is used to store the clean water.

Setting up the water collection device

To set up the water collection device, first we need to find a relatively flat ground. After that is being done, follow the instructions below:

1. Open up the ground sheet and spread it over the flat ground.

2. Next, position the 4 tent-building sticks, one at each corner of the ground sheet. Plunge the sticks into the ground.

3. Ground sheets come with a hole in each corner. Secure each corner of the ground sheet to the sticks. Make sure that the corners of the ground sheet are raised above the ground.

4. Place the stone in the middle of the ground sheet.

The illustration below shows how the water collection device is to be set up:

Due to condensation and rain, water will be concentrated at the center of the ground sheet. This water can then be scooped or dripped into a water container for storage. It is alway advisable to filter and boil the water soon after. Filtering and purification of water is important before consumption.

Do not drink water that has stagnated for several days on the ground sheet.