tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454124873471461991.post8189712070792127067..comments2024-02-24T01:03:33.480-08:00Comments on Bearfoot Alaska Guides: Travel Alaska's Roads... On Your Own! : Rural Alaska: Hauling Drinking Water From A Local Pump House – From Bearfoot Travel MagazinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454124873471461991.post-92198828394749296092015-01-30T12:32:32.171-08:002015-01-30T12:32:32.171-08:00Hi Susan, Yes, it's very hard. During the days...Hi Susan, Yes, it's very hard. During the days before well drilling (and I see you're a drilling company) people had to drink water from streams. You might think: "Well, the streams are clean and not polluted." Some are, of course. But I live near the Copper River. It's a glacial river, and to drink from it, you have to pour water into a bucket, let the silt drop to the bottom, then pour the clean water into another bucket, and let that silt drop, and so on, so you're not drinking sand! This is what Native Americans did in the past, probably in birch or their own copper containers from local copper. We have taken photos of water stations like the one in this blog in the following locations: Kenny Lake, Tazlina, Eagle, Healy, Clear, and even in Fairbanks, where many university students rent cheaper "dry" cabins -- meaning cabins with no water.Copper River Country Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514141747133184385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454124873471461991.post-44090937931585930992015-01-30T12:04:45.574-08:002015-01-30T12:04:45.574-08:00I didn't realize that it was so difficult to g...I didn't realize that it was so difficult to get drinking water in Alaska. I can't imagine what it must be like to not have running water. Hauling water in such cold weather can't be easy.<br /><br />Susan Hirst | <a href="http://www.dwjensendrilling.com/" rel="nofollow"> http://www.dwjensendrilling.com/</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834349959411866179noreply@blogger.com