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the water from the roots will accumulate that you can scoop out. Cover it when not being used and it can last about 4 days. If you find plants that thrive on a lot of water you may be able to dig near them and allow water to accumulate and scoop it out and filter it through the cloth method mentioned before. Digging a pit about 100 feet from a sandy beach will allow water to accumulate and be scooped out and filtered also. Even collecting wet sand or soil in be wrung in some cloth to get all the water into a container, it can be filtered and boiled to purify it.

In order to find large a large supply of water, animals are great indicators, however this water will need boiled to be potable. Watch for circling birds who might be indicating a water hole, especially at sunset (though vultures will do this above a kill also). Doves will perch in tress or shrubs near desert water holes especially in the evening. Grazing animals also will come together at a watering hole especially mornings and evenings.

There are also ways to help you conserve water and stay more hydrated when water is unavailable. Don't move around very much in the heat. Keep loose fitting clothes on as it keeps humidity near your body and you sweat less and so keep in more water. Move slowly when you need to move and don't use water for washing or cooling when you don't have a large supply. Drink in small sips. Keep a pebble or blade of grass or something of that sort in your mouth to help with your thirst, it will help keep your mouth from getting dry. Breath through your nose and not your mouth. Water purifying tabs and commercially made filters are available and if you happen to have them with you are your best bet, but we all know that isn't always possible.Hopefully these tips and ideas will help you if you are ever stranded anywhere without water.

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