The REtipster Podcast | Land Investing & Real Estate Strategies · Seth Williams

Water Access 101 for Land Investors w/ Mitch Klein

·1 hr 1 min·3 clips

A Nebraska town had E. coli in its system and immediately issued a boil order.

Travis King introduces Mitch Klein, a civil engineer and land investor who specializes in water and wastewater systems. The conversation starts with a straightforward premise: clean drinking water is one of the first things a usable property has to have. From there, it becomes a practical land-buying question. What does water access really look like when evaluating raw land, especially in dry or underserved places? The host uses history to make the point. He brings up the Romans and their habit of keeping water separate from sewage. He also mentions Constantinople and its long aqueduct network bringing clean water into the city. The comparison is a reminder that infrastructure problems have been solved before and still matter now. The discussion then shifts to a real fallback for remote parcels: trucking in water. That matters most for buyers looking at desert land in the Southwest US where a well or municipal hookup may not be available. Mitch treats trucking water as a last-ditch option rather than a clean substitute. He explains that the answer depends on the site and the local setup. For planning, he gives a rough benchmark of about 100 gallons per person per day. He also talks through storage sizes. A typical family household might use tanks in the 1,000 to 2,000 gallon range, and larger tanks are possible if the locality calls for them. The bigger point is to match the system to what people actually do on the ground. Mitch keeps steering the conversation back to locality and real-world habits. That makes the segment useful for investors who need a working framework, not a fantasy. It leaves listeners with a clear reminder that water is not a side detail when a parcel is supposed to become something livable.

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Water planning is a core due-diligence filter for land buyers.

It treats water access as a basic screen for land buying, and the strongest material stays on wells, municipal service, and the gap left when neither is available.

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Before you buy desert land, get the water story straight: wells, municipal supply, and even trucking water as a last resort.

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