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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…

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…

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)

Audels Plumbers Steam Fitters Guide 1925

Reference document.

EPA Constructed Wetlands Handbook

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Ice Engineering: Ice-Influenced Flood Stages

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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

Reference document.

NOAA UnderstandingFishHavens 2016Feb

Reference document.

PeaceCorps Wells Construction Hand Dug Drilled

Reference document.

Source Log: NOAA/USCG/USBR Marine References

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

Source Log: USACE/USBR Hydraulic Doctrine

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

Source Log: Water Systems Manuals (April 2026)

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

Texas Rainwater Harvesting Manual

Reference document.

U.S. Army Survival Manual

Reference document.

USACE EM 1110 2 1413 Interior Flood Hydrology

Reference document.

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

Reference document.

USBR Design of Small Dams 1973

Reference document.

USBR Earth Manual Part1

Reference document.

USBR Flood Hydrology Manual

Reference document.

USBR Water Measurement Manual

Reference document.

USDA FB Building a Pond 1973

Reference document.

USDA FB Construction Use Farm Weirs 1917

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USDA FB Drainage Farm Lands 1904

Reference document.

USDA FB Farm Drainage 1899

Reference document.

USGS C1262 PublicDrinkingWater

Reference document.

USGS C1376 StreamflowDepletion

Reference document.

USGS HA730 GroundWaterAtlasUS

Reference document.

USGS WSP1473 NaturalWaterChemistry

Reference document.

USGS WSP2220 GW Hydrology

Reference document.

Source library (public domain) (66)

Chemical Characteristics of Natural Water

Reference document.

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 Groundwater Contamination

Reference document.

Greywater Recycling and Composting Toilets

title: "Greywater Recycling and Composting Toilets"

Irrigation Without Electricity

title: "Irrigation Without Electricity"

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)

Septic & Blackwater Systems Field Guide

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

Solar Water Heating for Off-Grid Homesteads

title: "Solar Water Heating for Off-Grid Homesteads"

Source Log: U.S. Hydrology Supplement

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

Specific Conductance (USGS Field Manual)

Reference document.

Spring Development and Protection

title: "Spring Development and Protection"

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

Reference document.

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

Reference document.

Twdb R380 Aquifers Of Texas

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Twdb R381 Aquifer Tests

Reference document.

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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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 C1441 Wateruse

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Usgs C1441 Wateruse2015

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Usgs Fs027 02 Pharmaceuticals Streams

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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

Reference document.

Usgs Tm9 A6.0 Guidelines For Field Measured

Reference document.

Usgs Tm9 A6.1 Temperature

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

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

Reference document.

Usgs Wsp1473 Naturalwaterchemistry

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Usgs Wsp2220 Gw Hydrology

Reference document.

Water Storage Systems for Off-Grid Living

title: "Water Storage Systems for Off-Grid Living"

Water Testing and Treatment for Safe Drinking

title: "Water Testing and Treatment for Safe Drinking"

Well Construction & Rehabilitation Field Guide

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

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