During the infamous Waco siege in 1993, how did the Branch Davidian members replenish their water supplies?

asgardshill

They had an artesian well. Visitors and residents also hauled water into the compound. http://www.branch-davidianhistory.net/history.aspx?c=8 NOTE: The history of the Davidians and this property begin with Florence Houteff, the widow of Victor Houteff who founded the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists. Florence bought 914 acres of this land in 1955. In 1959 there were at least 1,000 people living in her Mt. Carmel Center. Florence put in a sewer system -- the Davidians relied for water on the same artesian well used by the Tawakonis. You can see the remnants of that system today. http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/burial/page/b_kce.html [Added NOTE & lower link in place of an "unwieldy" link -- Zb] Oct 07 09, 2:20 PM

gonnzo

"Two of the three water storage tanks on the roof of the main building had been shot at and holed in the initial ATF raid." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Siege#The_siege "When the power and water was shut off, the members survived off rain water and army rations." http://www.ehow.com/about_4576108_the-branch-davidians.html Oct 07 09, 2:21 PM

serpa

4/17/93 Louis Anthony Alaniz, left compound 4/17/93, advised he was allowed 2 - EIGHT (8) ounce cups of water each day and received three meals/day -- Trail Mix and MREs. 4/12/93 Night Stalker videotape indicated that holding tank closest to building is still approx. half full of water. This tank cannot be rendered inoperable without penetrating compound. 4/06/93 Mike Snowden, Reg. Mgr. of Wylie Sprayers, advised that Woodrow W. Kendrick, representing Mt. Carmel, bought one 1450 gallon polyethylene water tank on 11/18/91 and six 1500 gallon polyethylene water tanks from his company on 3/13/92. http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/waco/wacoappendix_i.html [Re-typed to lower case -- Zb] Oct 07 09, 2:24 PM