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- Date
- Decision
- Who was part of it
- Why (the key reasoning)
- What it rules out / alternatives we passed on
- Link to relevant pages
¶ 2026-MM-DD — Power, water, and sanitation approach
- Decision: solar for power, drilled well for water, septic tank for sanitation.
- Who: Paul, Sydney, Madman
- Why: standard rural off-grid-friendly stack. Solar pairs well with Paul's existing experience. A drilled well is the most reliable year-round water source. A conventional septic tank avoids ongoing utility connections and is well-understood by local installers.
- Alternatives passed on:
- Power: grid-tied only (rejected: defeats off-grid goal), wind (rejected: site-dependent, can supplement later), generator-primary (rejected: ongoing fuel cost and noise).
- Water: rainwater-primary (rejected: storage burden and reliability in drought), municipal hookup (rejected: location-limiting).
- Sanitation: composting toilet only (rejected: greywater still needs handling and code compliance is harder), holding tank (rejected: ongoing pump-out cost).
- Related:
power/, water/, septic page under water/
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