Water Storage 101: Easy 30 Day Plan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Are you prepared for an emergency? In this video, we dive into how to store enough drinking water for 30 days and make sure you’re ready for any situation-whether it's a natural disaster, power outage, or unexpected emergency. We'll cover the best water storage containers, DIY solutions, how to sanitize containers, and essential tips for keeping your water safe for long-term storage.
Plus, we’ll answer some of your most frequently asked questions, like:
How much water do you really need per person?
How long can water be stored?
What’s the best way to purify stored water?
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Don't forget about your pets. I have the 7, 30 and 55 gallon drums, Berkey and canning jars etc... If I'm not using the canning jars, they can be filled with water. No space lost. I do not buy the plastic bottles because they have drained out within a short period of time. Store your larger drums on a piece of plywood, not directly on concrete. The chemicals from the concrete will leach into the containers. God Bless!
Ooh good point, can't forget about the animals. Looks like I'll need to add more to my stash! Interesting point about the concrete, I had no idea
Don,t forget when storing water on a cement floor, like a basement, place it on a wood base or 2x4’s. Chemicals from cement can leech into the water if the containers are directly on the cement floor. Great vid.
Wow, I didn't realize that was even possible. Great tip! Thank you
Ty for this. I just placed my gallon water on my garage cement floor a couple of days ago. Will go and move it now.
In an extreme SHTF situation, don't forget about the humble water heater. Many people forget about the 30-40 gallons of water storage. Great channel..🙂
Absolutely!
Really. All that scale and rust. Full of iron and Manganese. Try is some day you don't need to drink it.
Those storing one gallon per person per day have never been through any type of emergency, but its better than nothing.
3-5g/p/d is more realistic. 1 Gallon would be drinking only with little to nothing for personal hygiene and cleaning.
@@jfalken86 It has to be 2 gallons minimum, I've been through enough emergencies to know 1 gallon per person isn't enough, I'm on rain water because water isn't a given where I live.
I purchased 7 gallon water containers from Amazon ($15), pulled the sofa away from the wall and store them behind the sofa. Also, a water bladder for the tub and purification tablets. I’m going for 2 gallons per person per day, minimum ❤
How often do you use it to refresh it. After 2 years use it and refill?
@@gtkohler855 my plan is to refresh the containers yearly. I live in an apartment, with running water, so depending on your circumstances, you may want to rotate them…..refilling as they are used, first in first out.
I’m feeling pretty prepared right now. I haven’t bathed or showered in almost 4 years, but I keep myself clean with a Wet towel and wet wipes. Believe me, I don’t stink. 😊
Do u not have running municipal water ?
@@dgunearthed7859 I do. I grew up out West and water conservation is constantly pushed down your throat. It’s just natural for me to not waste water, even though I now live in lovely rainy Georgia. I love the rain .
Everybody’s situation is different, we live about 1/4 mile from a 5000+ acre mountain lake so I keep about a month of water handy and keep the rest in the lake. Jeez, I hope the lake water doesn’t expire 🤔😅
It won’t expire but it could be contaminated. You’re wise to keep your months worth at all times.
That lake makes for a pretty robust water supply, I doubt you'll be running out of that anytime soon
I live down the street from a large industrial use reservoir. It has a lot of nitrates from runoff that are hard to filter for. I need to double check if a Sawyer will work but distilling it certainly will.
@@PatrickKnieslernitrates cannot generally be filtered out.
Definitelt a good idea to rotate them out. The plastic of the gallon jugs in particular deteriorates in about 4 years. We thought there was a leak in our laundry room when it was simply that one of our gallon water jugs split open due to age. We bought it just before the lockdowns.
I just stumbled across your channel as I’m a prepper here in the UK. Also, I’m a fellow TH-camr too.
Can I just say you’re an absolute natural in front of the camera. Your style + editing is top notch. Your channel is gonna take off. I just know it. New subscriber here for you.
Wow, Thank you! What an awesome thing to say. I'm glad you liked the video and I'll keep up the work. Following you right back brother!
@@pantrypreparedness I’m only speaking the truth my friend. I genuinely wish I was as good in front of the camera as you are. Your video was as good quality as any TV show.
Do you use an autocue/teleprompter? My videos are full of pauses & I say “erm..” a lot while I think of what I have to say. Yours just flows naturally and makes for an awesome video
I have been storing water in my empty plastic vinegar jugs. I use vinegar when doing laundry, cleaning the coffee maker, and as a cleaning agent for sinks. There are 100 uses for vinegar you know !
Great video, succinct and appreciate you providing lots of options. I definitely learned something!
Thanks for this info! Plus I like you wall of wood panels, where did you purchase it?
Thanks. We got the boards from Lowes or Home Depot (I don’t remember which now) and installed them ourselves.
As someone who had several power outages and had several pipes burst multiple times throughout the year. I can confirm that you barely need any water to take a bath. Literally just get a bucket of some sort that can fit your size, fill it up either halfway or less than halfway of water. Very minimal soap, just a decent amount, to help the situation you could also use a sugar scrub to get excess dirt and skin off. Once you're done followed by a lotion, or if you don't have any Vaseline works. Use a cup to pour the water on you. You will still get clean. The amount of water y'all waste on a daily to take a shower is a problem. I do the same method with dishes and laundry on a daily. Even the bathtub you could fill up just barely. If you prefer warm or hot water boil it first. But I definitely prefer using bottled or gallon water unless you have no choice to boil some water then use it. And I always do the two bucket method for my dishes and clothes on a daily. Very minimal water in both buckets one has soap and vinegar the other one is rinsing water. Depending on how bad it is I might add very little water in a third bucket. You do not need that much water just to get things or yourself clean. I get if you wanted to take a bath and relax I mean you could still do that but you still don't need a lot of water. But to be honest you're just there to get clean. Also with my family I recommend 2 gallons per person per day one for drinking and one for other personal use. Situations like this are why I live frugally and do everything frugally. I save so much. I've also made my own laundry detergent. Putting baking soda in the oven making it into washing soda it is not digestible it is dangerous. Do not inhale it once you take it out of the oven. It is no longer edible, I add a whole cup of baking soda a whole cup of Epsom salt with essential oils in it, a little bit of sea salt, then I have a Fels-Naptha bar and a zote bar, i also have a washboard and a wringer and a two sink system that's portable. They also make portable baths that you can unfold and put water in. I also have several ways to preserve water. I have a water well, of course cases and jugs of water, some purification tabs, some water straws, different kinds of filters, some portable water jugs that are refillable etc. always have backup after backup. You never know when one thing will stop working or you don't have enough of
THIS is exactly what we are hoping to create on this channel. A place where people can share their own experiences and expertise so everyone can benefit from it. Thank you so much for the tips and detailed explanation.
Do you rotate the bottled water you buy?
Yeah I think its always a good idea to practice a FIFO (first in first out) practice with my food/water storage. Bottled water has a great shelf life but there is a certain amount of plastic that will leach into the water over time
Can you store 55 gal barrels in a garage without air conditioning in Florida?
Also, one needs water to use in your garden or potted vegetables.
bleach takes 72 to completely leave water. people make that mistake all the time. if you buy a gallon of bleach from the store.. in 12 months you can drink it because the bleach is gone leaving only the water that's why you can't store bleach for long term storage.. in tap water it takes 72 hours for all bleach to be gone.. anyone that has fish tanks knows you wait 72 hours for the chlorine to dissipate so the water is safe for fish. I lived on my 40 ft sailboat for over a decade and we bleach treated the potable water tanks once a month to keep mold away.. 1 cap of standard bleach for every 5 gallons of water and it was perfectly safe to drink the same day. so bleaching a container before filling it is great but leaving it to dry completely and all that jazz is not needed. clean your containers.. bleach if need be and wait 72 hours for ultimate safety before drinking.. thats all. if your worried about mold growth treat it every month or treat it 72 hours before you want to drink it to kill any little critters. if you want long term bleach storage buy POOL SHOCK powder crystals.. keep it dry and it lasts a lifetime.. learn how much water to mix with it for cleaning household surfaces and you can use it to clean drinking water too.. keep it dry I have tons of it stored for hopefully never .. cheap and easy to use
or you could go pirate style and store them in used wooden barrels (maybe from a winery)? sounds expensive though.
That sounds super cool. Maybe not totally practical but very cool. Who knows though, if a winery is getting rid if some barrels maybe you could get them on the cheap.
My garage refrigerator is full of no beer,
Ty!