The benefites of having electricity

Shortly after we got electricity, my husband was able to get the cold running water running. We had all the pipes in place and he was getting all the other necessary parts together, but we could not get it running until we had electricity! This picture shows some of our plumbing setup. The big silver thing on the left is a big storage tank. We pump water from our well into the storage tank and then pressurize the house from there. This removes strain from the well pipes.

After we got the water running, we could get the flush toilet working. That was a real step up from the outhouse!