Storing Fresh Water

https://www.ksat.com/features/2020/...e-fresh-water-safely-in-case-of-an-emergency/


Good afternoon all,

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N ote that opaque containers are best for storage. I have my evac cases of water wrapped in black plastic garbage bags.

 

Why do you need to carry around water? Water is heavy 1L = 1Kg, that is a lot to take when your on foots for extended duration.

 

Good evening Varuna,

I need to carry water in case of an evacuation by pickup truck or by walking to inflatable boat.

Yes, water is heavy but it is a requirement for life / health.

Walking 1 - 2 km could take hours under adverse conditions.

 

I always carry around a cup of something. . . be it coffee cup or whatever fruity drink I made up that day. But I will honestly say I do not keep stored water other than a couple cases of water on hand and honestly those will probably taste like plastic. We have a well that will run off electricity or propane generator that is our backup. After that, we have a hand pump. And if all that fails we have a canal that runs down our property. During Harvey I did boil our water to sterilize just in case. In a disaster situation, you normally have a warning and I will fill up bathtubs along with washing machine to have clean water on hand. If you have access to water, you would only need a life straw to purify away from home.

 

Good morning Danil,

The disaster situations are worse.

Here around the Chesapeake Bay, life straws are not ideal. Speaking of natural disasters, ~50% of fish are mercury laden. The rivers (a couple of exceptions) are polluted. Re non-natural disasters - I'm including COVID-19 pandemic - medical waste is thrown in forests, Homeless camp next to rivers. Results guaranteed.

During SHTF, especially with COVID, for an evacuation from shelter, only one's bottled water is safe for a move. A domestic terrorism threat: pure upheaval. Forest fires are realistic.

 

Good morning Lonewolf,

And conversely, no one is going any further than their water supply.

I have a short hike for 2 of my realistic scenarios. 4 quarts of water will suffice for Madam Prag and me.

If a longer walk, there is an "invention" by US AID called a "water wheel". Fill it up with drinkable water and the wheel is pulled by a leash to the wheel's axle.

I would guess aforesaid applicable to your arrangements also eg a forest fire, dangerous gas in area, authorities announce mandatory evacuation due terrorists.

My good news; A Hades SHTF event and electronic communications stops for private citizens. Thus, no need for a cell, sat phone and weight reallocation to water supply.

Prep, prep, prep
and
factor in safety

 

Just this week thinking about water preps.

Bought yet another water purifier. Seems I've got a span of variations now.

Bought an adapter that allows one to attach a garden hose to a regular indoor water spigot, like a kitchen or bathroom sink spigot. I have 15-gallon water tanks. These tanks have two threaded openings. One access point is around 2 inches in diameter. The other access is threaded for an outdoor type of spigot. Guess what I screw into the latter; yes, just regular outdoor spigots that allow a garden hose to be attached. In the larger oriface, I can shoot-in a massive flow of water. Out of the smaller with the spigot, I can access water at a variable rate of outflow.

Right now, I've got a couple of these 15 gal barrels inside my house. I brought them in for another cleaning and too, things are getting chaotic in this world and so I've gotta be ready to fill those puppies in a moment's notice. Too, there's a stream walking distance from my house and a river a half mile away. Up in these adjacent mountains, there's a stream in every holler.

In the U.S., regulations state that there must be a gravity-feed water source, a water tower or hillside tank (giant), holding sufficient water to feed a specified amount of water to the households in each tower's water lines. This is done because irregular water intake flows can vary. Also, if there are power outages, households can't be left without water.

https://www.epa.gov/regulatory-information-topic/regulatory-and-guidance-information-topic-water

https://cunninghaminc.org/a-compreh...-water-tower-for-a-municipality-water-system/

https://www.nationalstoragetank.com/tank-calculator/

So, if the power goes out due to some SHTF event such as EMP killing a power grid, then you must IMMEDIATELY fill your water tanks and your bathtubs with water before your neighbors fill theirs. If your water comes from a well, then you must always have some tanks filled with water.

A filled 15 gallon water weighs 120 lb. / 55 kilo. This is managable, you can roll these around yourself or like me, use a two wheel dolly. I have 4 dollies, two of which are 2-wheeled, one is a medium duty 4-wheeler, and one is a heavy-duty 4-wheeler. You can roll a 4' x 8' pool table with a 1" slate on the latter. My dad and I used to have to do that. My family and I guess every other family always had 55-gal drums used as roof rainwater catches. I don't use the metal 55 gal type. Mine are some sort of heavy polimer -- one can see fibers in the material. Quite frankly, I don't know how many gallons these things hold. I think its around 40 gallons of rainwater (???). One is a barrel and one is tub like you'd feed critters with. These are for my garden. I attach hoses and run the water to the garden area.

Well there's another data-dump out of this old brain of mine. Sorry for my flow-of-conscious type of writing. It's what I have.

Here's a crude but true reality: For bad times, have preparations to access clean water or die.
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