Who Has Water Stored?
My wife bought a water barrel 5 years ago that holds 55 gallons. It is a blue plastic container and she bought some chemical that makes the water good for 5 years.
After Christmas we have to rinse the barrel out real good and buy more chemicals and were good for 5 more years.
I tried to tell my wife that we did not need it because we have a well and i keep at least 20 gallons of gas but she wanted it anyway.
She told me what if the well broke and i did not have an answer for that.
After Christmas we have to rinse the barrel out real good and buy more chemicals and were good for 5 more years.
I tried to tell my wife that we did not need it because we have a well and i keep at least 20 gallons of gas but she wanted it anyway.
She told me what if the well broke and i did not have an answer for that.
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I've started to post about this before. I am almost compulsive about storing (hoarding?) Stuff like that. I have a 1500 gallon underground gravity fed (by spring water) tank.
I have roughly 75-100 gallons set aside in my "Prep room" upstairs. Im compulsive about not throwing away 2 litre soda bottles. I pass two extremely nice natural springs on the way home from work.
I will collect roughly 20 bottles or so, throw them in the vehicle, and fill them up on the way home. I've also got (a'hem) a few 5 gallon NATO water storage plastic containers, as well as a refrigerated inverted 5 gallon water cooler with (a'hem) a few sealed five gallon water bottles.
Yes, I am a Water Hoarder. Like food, fuel, kerosene, firewood, etc etc, you can not have too much of that stuff on hand. [:D]0 -
i have a lot of it in my well 0 -
Sounds like your dog has a lot stored[:D] 0 -
Remember the toilet tanks and the water heater...
It's a valid emergency reserve if conserved and cautiously used.
Wine and beer and bottled water should be considered.
And while all water might not be ideal for drinking you can wash and brush your teeth or clean stuff with it.
Mike0 -
I have a 300 gallon hot tub.
I also store 15 gallon of drinking water in plastic jugs
I have a generator that will power my well pump along with 25 gallon of gasoline0 -
I don't drink water so I don't store it. 0 -
I've got 10 cases of water, well/generator, and a river to draw from with the bucket gravity filtering system. 0 -
I keep 6 55 gallon barrels of water on hand. If something happened to the well or extended power outage that would deplete the fuel supply for the generator. It's just a backup to the backup plan. 0 -
I have about 25 gallons of dehydrated water in my emergency supplies. 0 -
I have about 25 gallons of dehydrated water in my emergency supplies. 0 -
I have about 25 gallons of dehydrated water in my emergency supplies. 0 -
I have a well and county water . Well is for the garden and yard . Also have an old fashioned hand pump I can install if needed 0 -
I have 5.5 gallon blue storage containers all over the house, as well as a "few" 55 gallon drums in the basement. I also have a spring fed creek in my back yard which is year round. I'm set! [:D] 0 -
Now me I'd skip that chemically treated barrel water. don't know how long or what stagnant water tastes like but I'm sure it's in those barrels. Ever since Canada Dry makes cans of flavored fizzy water that's my go to long term stored water. Also pasteurized beer is another way to store water. 0 -
No need to, rains often. Unless the earth precesses, which will never happen, I see no sense in it. 0 -
I keep two 40 gallon water heaters full.
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I've got a 500 gallon cistern. Also have 2 1000 gallon stock tanks, and multiple smaller. The livestock drinks, but I refill.
And it rains here constantly. Knock on.......0 -
Well, generator, chain and bucket backup.
As freezer empties over seasons, we fill 2 liter soda bottles with water, freeze. Will keep things cold for days when power is out, can drink once thawed.
We do keep one of the grandkid's wading pools stored in the garage. Tucked uder a downspout, will hold 500 gallons of rainwater.0 -
I just buy bottled water when they're on a really good sell, and rotate my Supply. That way I know my water won't go bad.
Plus if I have to go mobile, it's a lot easier to load up a bunch of cases of water than it is to load up a 55 gallon barrel full of water...0 -
we have a well
but I keep about 30 to 40 gallons in 5 gallon sealed buckets to use to flush the toilets or general use and a few cases of bottle water
also keep a few 5 gallon buckets in th eshop just in case [:0]
I have several 30 and 50 gallon barrels but there empty right now
I try and keep about 30 gallons of gas on hand for the generator ( rotate it thru the lawnmowers and old tractor )0 -
I do, but it's tough having to move every few years or so. 0 -
20,000 gallon of chlorinated pool water can be run thru Toyhauler for hot water, toilet, shower.
Can be filtered for consumption.
https://beprepared.com/water-storage/water-filters.html
I buy up cases of bottled water at the start of every hurricane season also.0 -
I have a well with an old fashion hand pump,,If that fails I have a PVC pipe on a rope that pulls 1 gallon up at a time.. It would be work but it would be fresh 0 -
This may sound a bit off beat but the first thing that came to mind when reading this brought back a very old memory.
After being unable to find a place to go, stuck in a highly populated place and spending a long afternoon enjoying many swigs of barley pop.[B)] I found my urinated water reservoir contained enough liquid to actually flush a toilet without having to pull the handle! [:0][:D]
TRUE STORY0 -
In the House, maybe Two Hundred Gallons, various containers...
Outside, 1650 Gallons in an Ag Tank.
In the Greenhouse, maybe another Two Hundred Gallons in milk jugs...0 -
We have a creek behind our house that runs to a lake about 300 yards away and I also have a water filter that'll filter out things as small as viruses. And we have a 50 gallon water heater in the house. 0 -
North Carolina has been hoarding water the last couple days by the trillions of gallons 0 -
Those blue 55gal barrels, if not shaded, (or painted black) can develop algae problems over time. I dump mine twice yearly, and still don't really trust the water. I'm in FL so it may not be as bad elsewhere. 0 -
Well with a solar pump and 3,000 gallon storage tank. 0 -
I am on a well. I have a generator that will run the well pump.
However, if the SHTF big time, running that generator would bring bad guys to your house, even way up on the mountain like I am. Run it 20 minutes a day for a week, and some bad guys with guns will show up to ruin your day.
So I have a PVC pipe that will draw up 1.5 gallons.
It is 200 feet to the water of the well so that would be a chore.
Also I have a spring 1,000 feet from the house where I can get good water.
I also keep 40 gallons of water in one gallon jugs in the basement.0
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