It’s remarkable how quickly you become conscious of your water consumption when you can connect each gallon to your own physical effort. I’ve had to restrain myself from nagging my family over showers that seem to go on a few minutes too long.
Living off the grid means committing to sourcing everything you need to survive and thrive independently: food, shelter, energy and most importantly: water. It’s empowering, until the moment things don’t work. Like when you’re halfway through a delightful hot shower at the end of a January day and the water pump suddenly stops working, sending you into the frozen darkness with a wet headful of shampoo and some tools to address the problem.
Eventually, you solve the problem because you have to and…
