-In the Wake water section GREAT info on water sourcing, contamination and much more. From the How-to Section of Tools for Gridcrash by Aric McBay: A Collective Manual-in-progress for Outliving Civilization.
-Handbook for Appropriate Water and Wastewater Technologies – a giant of a resource reviewing dozens of technologies.

Finding A Water Source

-How To Find Water With A Divining Rod

Pumping Water

-Intro to water pumping from the folks at otherpower.com
-How To Construct A Cheap Wind Machine for Pumping Water
-Windpump Handbook, with all different kinds of windmills and pumps and lots of diagrams.
-How to build your own hand pump – from a garden hose and other things you can find. Complete parts list and assembly instructions.
-Hydraulic Ram Pump – uses the energy of falling water to lift a lesser amount of water to a higher elevation than the source. From Albert Bates’ site

Wells

-Lifewater Canada Tutorial – 100 page manual on wells, and check out their other information on water.
-Upgraded Well Manual for Field Workers[
-Builders Manual for the Construction of Shallow Wells
-Recommended reading:
Waterhole: How to Dig your Own Well, by Bob Mellin – covers drilling wells with a hand-auger.

Gravity-Fed Water Systems

-Gravity-Fed Rural Piped Water Schemes
-Handbook of Gravity Flow Water Systems – comprehensive designers’ manual
-Spring Fed Drinking Water Systems Manual

Water Catchment

-Rainwater Harvesting eToolkit – Free self-instruction!
-UNEP Sourcebook of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Small Island Developing States
-Roofwhttps://we.riseup.net/blooming-in-space/free-resource-toolbox-water/edit#ater Harvesting: A Handbook for Practitioners – Check out the appendix detailing a variety of tank design options and where to get them free online.
-Microcatchment guide for dry area crop production.
-Water from Small Dams handbook

Water Purification

-In the Wake – section on purification has info on a variety of techniques, including distillation with a solar still.

Sand Filtration
-www.oasisdesign.net/water/treatment/slowsandfilter.htm
-http://www.refugeecamp.org/learnmore/water/slow_sand_filter.htm
-www.ce.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/wtprimer/slowsand/slowsand.html
-www.esemag.com/0500/sand.html

Solar Water Disinfection
-Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology
-Solar Water Distiller from Albert Bates’ appropriate technologies library

Floating Islands
-Ocean Arks International

Greywater Treatment
-Greywater GuerrillasDIY greywater resource

Community Water Security

-Water for Life – community water security document from the Hesperian Foundation (www.hesperian.org)