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MARCH 2020 SPECIAL: What do ponds have to do with the coronavirus virus? If you're considering plans to move to the country for a period of quarantine or already live rural, you will have seen advice to stock enough food and household supplies to tide you through a period of self-isolation, say 2 to 3 weeks. And as many folks with country living experience know, ponds can also come in mighty handy during power outages and storm disasters. And quarantines. Ponds can supply water for general household use (washing, toilet flushing), garden and crop irrigation, critter water, even drinking when properly filtered and/or treated. Ponds can supply food fish whether stocked or raised and harvested long term. Winter ice for food refrigeration. And hydro powered electricity. They can be a place for recreation and relaxation. Kids especially might be happy to have a pond if they can't leave the property.

For more information about using ponds during quarantines,  click here.