How to get water and electric to rural glamping site

[James Carter]

I'm currently looking into plots that are located close to Big Bend National Park in Texas. They are located either in the mountains or with mountain views and are extremely rural. We are looking to put in some glamping lots that we think would be amazing for the nights of star gazing. The problem that I'm thinking that we will run into is that water and electric will be difficult or impossible to have routed out there. What solutions could we bring to the table that would enable us to continue bringing a true glamp service to our customers.

[Dave Stokley]

First I would call the local utilities and contractors who deal with this stuff to see if your assumption is true.

For electricity maybe some sort of generator?

For water maybe some sort of large reservoir and have water trucked in?

Guessing none of your options are going to be cheap!

[John Underwood]

What about a well and solar system? People are running their entire house from solar and selling back the excess to the electric company. 

[Paul Sandhu]

You can also use a windmill to pump water out of the ground.  I go pheasant hunting in some very out of the way places and there are windmills that keep water troughs for cattle full.  

[Bruce Woodruff]

I have an Off-Grid cabin.....we use a well and solar (that I installed myself). A simple barrel septic system I put in myself. And a big propane tank that runs the water heater and stove. All the comforts of home, and not that expensive...

[Mike Shemp]

Here are some options for the electrical:

Can a propane truck get to the site? If so, install a propane pig underground, and hook up a propane generator to it if your local regulations allow for it.

If a propane truck can't get get to the site, there are several all-in-one battery solutions that have the battery and inverter and solar panels together.  If it were me, I'd buy a couple of them and ask my cleaner to swap out the batteries if they saw the batteries were under a certain level with fresh ones, and then have the cleaners charge up the batteries as part of the service contract with them.

Mike

[Veronica Juliao-Guzman]

Hey James, 

Did you end up purchasing the plot close to Big Bend National Park? I am looking at lots in Terlingua, TX. However, these lots also do not have water and electricity routed to them.