Canning Stock Route 2020

[stevemc181]

OK, so now I'm moving onto water. I can carry 80L of water, but must plan for refilling along the way.

I have a 3 x 10L jerries and 1 x 50L bladder. I also have 1 x 10L bucket.

We can get water from several wells, but I need (some may say you don't need to, but I will) filter this water so I can't just pour from bucket to bladder or jerry.

I'm thinking of getting an inline water filter and a small 12v pump of some type. This is where my knowledge is lacking. How big or small a pump do I need? Will a 5L/min pump blow apart my inline filter? Will 5L a minute be too slow??

Anyone here have any experience with pumps???

I'm also happy to use a hand pump thing instead of a 12v pump.

I use a Shurflo 11.4lpm pump and a B.E.S.T type water filter, it does the job. I filter the water going in to the tank and the water coming out of it. There are several good wells along the way, with great quality water. Well 23,33,46, Georgia Bore and a few others I can't remember offhand generally produce good water. Stay sensible with your drinking water use, and you can just use well water for showering. You want to save as much weight as possible, and water is one of the things that soon adds up to being overweight, best to carry only what you really need, with a contingency plan for a few days extra.

We took 70 litres last time for two of us, but I'd reduce that by half if doing the CSR again to save weight.