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Guides — long-form chapters (7)

Estimating Your Water Footprint

Water systems fail not because the well goes dry but because someone underestimated demand and overestimated supply. The same homestead that is…

Inland Waters and Reservoir Operations

The Bureau of Reclamation holds the federal mandate for water storage and delivery in the seventeen Western states. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…

Levee, Dam, and Pond Engineering for the Homestead

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers writes the federal manuals on levee design, dam stability, slope geometry, seepage analysis, and embankment…

Public Drinking Water Wells: Vulnerability and Protection

Lose the barn and you have a hard winter. Lose the orchard and you have a lean fall. Lose the well and you have an emergency that consumes every…

Reading the Coast Pilot: NOAA Doctrine for Texas Gulf Survival

The United States Coast Pilot is the federal narrative companion to the nautical chart. It is not a chart — it is the supplementary book that…

Reading Your Aquifer: Groundwater Hydrology for Homesteaders

Every drop of well water on a Fannin County homestead came out of an aquifer. Every drop replaced into the aquifer came from rain, snowmelt, or river…

Tides, Currents, and Coastal Timing

The astronomical tide on the Texas coast is small. The mean diurnal range at Galveston is about 1.5 feet, at Port Aransas about 1.2 feet, at South…

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Articles — illustrated field pieces (1)

Field Water Procurement — Finding and Making Water Safe in the Wild

Water Systems Article — Steadwise Offline Survival Dataset

Manuals & references (41 — tap to expand)

Audels Plumbers Steam Fitters Guide 1925

Reference document.

EPA Constructed Wetlands Handbook

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FM 21 76 Survival Manual

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NOAA ChartNo1 LARGE

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NOAA Coast Pilot 1

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NOAA Coast Pilot 2

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NOAA Coast Pilot 3

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NOAA Coast Pilot 4

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NOAA Coast Pilot 5

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NOAA Coast Pilot 6

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NOAA Coast Pilot 7

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NOAA Coast Pilot 8

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NOAA Coast Pilot 9

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NOAA Distances Between US Ports

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NOAA Navigation Rules COLREGS

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NOAA UnderstandingAnchoragesandHarborsofRefuge 2016Mar

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NOAA UnderstandingFishHavens 2016Feb

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PeaceCorps Wells Construction Hand Dug Drilled

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SOURCE_LOG 2026-05-03 — Lane 8 NOAA/USCG/USBR

PD federal (17 USC 105). Cleared for commercial ship.

Texas Rainwater Harvesting Manual

Reference document.

USACE EM 1110 2 1413 Interior Flood Hydrology

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USACE EM 1110 2 1612 Ice Influenced Flood Stage

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USACE Hydraulic Design Criteria Vol1

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USACE Hydraulic Design Criteria Vol2

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USBR Bank Stabilization

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USBR Concrete Manual 1956

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USBR Design of Small Dams 1973

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USBR Earth Manual Part1

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USBR Flood Hydrology Manual

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USBR Water Measurement Manual

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USDA FB Building a Pond 1973

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USDA FB Construction Use Farm Weirs 1917

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USDA FB Drainage Farm Lands 1904

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USDA FB Farm Drainage 1899

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USGS C1262 PublicDrinkingWater

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USGS C1376 StreamflowDepletion

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USGS HA730 GroundWaterAtlasUS

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USGS WSP1473 NaturalWaterChemistry

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USGS WSP2220 GW Hydrology

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Water Systems - Manuals SOURCE_LOG (additions 2026-04-29)

Top-tier USGS reports promoted to manuals/ from supplement/us-hydrology/ — all PD federal works.

Water Systems - USACE/USBR Hydraulic Doctrine SOURCE_LOG (2026-05-02)

All public domain US federal works (USACE Engineer Manuals; US Bureau of Reclamation technical publications).

Source library (public domain) (87 — tap to expand)

Cistern Construction Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

DIY Water Testing Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Emergency & Expedient Water Treatment Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Epa Drinking Water Treatment

Public-domain source text.

Epa Groundwater Contamination

Public-domain source text.

Epa Private Wells Homeowner

Public-domain source text.

Epa Treatability

Public-domain source text.

Greywater Recycling and Composting Toilets

An off-grid homestead generates two categories of wastewater: blackwater (toilet waste) and greywater (sinks, showers, laundry). Conventional septic…

Irrigation Without Electricity

Growing food off-grid in North Texas presents a water challenge: summers are hot, rainfall is sporadic, and you have no electricity to run pumps. The…

NRCS Pond Design Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Pump Systems Deep Dive

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Senate Rsc Rule Of Capture

Public-domain source text.

Septic & Blackwater Systems Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Solar Water Heating for Off-Grid Homesteads

Hot water is one of the most energy-intensive household needs and one of the easiest to solve with solar energy. A properly built solar water heater…

Spring Development and Protection

Finding and developing a natural spring on your property is invaluable for off-grid survival. Springs provide gravity-fed water with minimal energy…

Tceq 30Tac285 Ossf Rulesa

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Tceq Rg472 Ossf Homeowner

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Tdlr Water Well Driller Law

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Tdlr Water Well Driller Rules

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Texas Hydrogeology Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Texas Water Law — Field Guide for the Off-Grid Homestead

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

Twdb Ha01 Hydrologic Atlas

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Twdb Ha10 Hydrologic Atlas

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Twdb R313 Highplains Gw

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Twdb R315

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Twdb R330 Southernhighplains

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Twdb R341 Highplains Ogallala

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Twdb R342

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Twdb R345 Aquifers Of Texas

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Twdb R350 Edwards Aquifer Sanantonio

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Twdb R353 Edwards Aquifer

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Twdb R355 Ogallala

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Twdb R358 Northern Edwards

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Twdb R372 Carrizo Wilcox

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Twdb R374 Upper Coastal Plains

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Twdb R380 Aquifers Of Texas

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Twdb R381 Aquifer Tests

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Twdb R388 Hill Country Trinity

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Twdb R389 Bandera Wells Longevity

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Twdb R390 Sparta Aquifer

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Twdb Well Driller Manual

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Twri Rule Of Capture

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Tx Occ Code 1901 Welldrillers

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Tx Occ Code 1902 Pumpinstallers

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Tx Water Code Ch11 Surface

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Tx Water Code Ch26 Wq

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Tx Water Code Ch35

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Tx Water Code Ch36 Gcd

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Usgs C1139 Gw Sw

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Usgs C1175 Landuse Streamhabitat

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Usgs C1186 Gw Depletion

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Usgs C1217 Gw Level Monitoring

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Usgs C1224 Gw Vulnerability

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Usgs C1262 Publicdrinkingwater

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Usgs C1340 Pawcatuck Earth Water

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Usgs C1344 Wateruse2005

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Usgs C1352 Glacialaquifer Northernus

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Usgs C1376 Streamflowdepletion

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Usgs C1405 Wateruse2010

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Usgs C1405B Wateruse2010

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Usgs C1423 Highplains Aquifer

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Usgs C1441 Wateruse

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Usgs C1441 Wateruse2015

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Usgs Fs027 02 Pharmaceuticals Streams

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Usgs Fs213 Gw Basics

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Usgs Gw Rural Homeowner

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Usgs Ha730 Groundwateratlasus Combined

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Usgs Sir2009 Highplains

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Usgs Sir2015 5095 Wellpumping

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Usgs Sir2016 5123 Reservoirs

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Usgs Sir2023 5143 Highplains

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Usgs Tm9 A1 Preparations For Water Samplin

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Usgs Tm9 A10 Lakes And Reservoirs Guideline

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Usgs Tm9 A6.0 Guidelines For Field Measured

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Usgs Tm9 A6.1 Temperature

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Usgs Tm9 A6.2 Chapter A6.2. Dissolved Oxygen

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Usgs Tm9 A6.3 Chapter A6.3. Specific Conduct

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Usgs Tm9 A6.4 Chapter A6.4. Measurement Of P

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Usgs Wri 01 4066

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Usgs Wsp1473 Naturalwaterchemistry

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Usgs Wsp2220 Gw Flow

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Usgs Wsp2220 Gw Hydrology

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Usgs Wsp2254A Naturalwater

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Water Storage Systems for Off-Grid Living

The foundation of off-grid water security is adequate storage. Without electricity for pumping, water must be captured when abundant and stored for…

Water Systems - US Hydrology supplement SOURCE_LOG

All items are public domain US Geological Survey publications (federal works).

Water Testing and Treatment for Safe Drinking

Water that looks clear and tastes fine can harbor dangerous contaminants. In North Texas, off-grid water sources face specific contamination risks:…

Well Construction & Rehabilitation Field Guide

Version: 1.0 | Date: 2026-04-10 | Domain: water-systems (supplement)

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