Water 1: Storing Water for Emergencies
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- Correctly storing water for emergencies is now a necessity. How much water do we need to store, and how do we store it safely? These topics are addressed in this video.
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When I empty liquid laundry detergent bottles, I don't rinse them but will fill them with tap water to store for cleaning and washing (clothes) instead of using good drinking water. I also have other non soapy containers that wouldn't be safe for drinking water that I fill for things like washing hair, bathing etc.
Thanks for the information.
What a great idea!
This is the crazy channel.
Great idea, thanks!!
I do that also, I live off grid. The ones I plan to use for washings are spray-painted black, so the sunshine can help to heat the water & save some of the cost of heating it!
For years I have stored water in canning jars! They take up the same space full or empty! I think it is a great way to store water!
Where do you suggest to store water in canning jars?
Wow! Your correct! TY! Have so many jars!
I store some of my water in my fridge and freezer which is never filled to capacity bc I live alone. The benefit is the refrigerator is always filled and doesnt have to work hard. The frozen water will keep food cold for awhile in the event of a power outage. Great video.
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
I make different size blocks of ice by filling plastic bags with water and placing them in separate square or oblong plastic food storage containers to freeze. The bagged, shaped ice is removed from its container and stacked between foods, keeping it cold. And of course, when the ice blocks melt, I then have additional drinking water.
Great idea Carol.
I am on it.
I am doing the same thing!
Good idea
Keep stored water out out of light to prevent things growing in it, preferably in a dark container. It's why cisterns are dark.
Great information thank you :)
Can I cover jars with foil?
@@cynda1954 Or store in a dark room, closet or root cellar. Or pack into boxes. No reason to waste foil.
@@cynda1954 A heavy duty cardboard box would work.
@@cynda1954 or cover them with heavy duty black plastic bag.
Folks use to tease me about my truck but I was not going to get stuck somewhere and I proved it was a good idea. I had water, a blanket, dry socks, can of something to eat, matches stored and even a fishing line with a hook (even w/out the pole at times) and a razor knife. It has saved me a few times.
You have just explained what it is to be prepared for emergencies! Thank you. Great comment.
I just went out and bought a 2 gallon gas can for my car. I also have my housekey and some other things in my glove compartment along with a phone charger and phone numbers in case I lose my phone!
@@bluewaters3100 keeping a house key in your glove box is NOT a good idea. Someone could break into your truck and then enter your house. It can happen. We had a truck that was stolen. And later after we moved, both our cars were broken into.
@@bluewaters3100 I would not store my house key in the glove box. I might hide it in the springs in the seat or some other hidden place in my car, where others would have a difficult time finding it.
@@reginafetty6374 Store your key outside your house, hang it from a bush or under a rock away from your home. If you get separated from your car, if it is stolen you ways still have a key .....
I'm a water quality chemist and think you've done a good job explaining it to laymen. City tap water is tested and the most readily available. But I will have to say those kitchen cabinets you have in the background are absolutely stunning!
Thank you! I appreciate your expert comments and you compliment on our cabinets!
I can appreciate those cabinets too. I had a similar kitchen I was so blessed to be able to design for myself, but I lost my hoke in the 2008 economic bust. But if I may relate and enjoy this Mitch a bit... I had 5 piece solid maple cabinets, no particle board anywhere, with a beautiful hood over my stove with carved designed on it. I went for painted cabinets in an off white. I even had the small appliance garage she has behind her, to our left. I never went for the cold stainless steel appliances but I agree the cabinets are very nice.
This is great info. Very good to know. Nice lady. God bless all she does. 🙏🏼
Those cabinets are made by Kraftmade.
I agree! Love the light and dark wood mix.
@Mark Gilbert and Rose ... I have also heard that well water, when stored, it should have a certain amount of bleach added before stored. I know its not much, but I can't seem to find that information again. Any suggestions? 🤔
We retired from New Jersey to Puerto Rico. In Nov 2020. We built our home 18 years ago which we used as a vacation home. We have two 800 gallons water cisterns and roof solar panels, solar water heater and solar water distiller. We also live up in a mountain in 3.5 acre property. We also collect rain water to water our garden.
Ok, now we are all jealous.
Oh wow how nice
I would not tell anyone what you have or where you are sir
My mother moved to PR 2 years ago and did the same
Life Straws would be a great addition to any bug out bag. Good idea to keep one in your glove box for road emergencies too. You'd be able to drink right out of a creek!
I love your channel ♥️ I’m from Puerto Rico and my family was prepared, because they store enough water and food. It was sad seeing families unprepared. ☹️
Thanks for sharing!!
President Trump sent plenty of bottled water to PR. It was held back by the leftist elites who want to drastically reduce the world population.
Yes -they are villains!!!
@@suzannakoizumi8605 yes Suzanna. That’s very true, and we all know. Their time will come. President True has a huge fan base in PR, but the media and the leftist won’t tell you that. God bless #45.
Glad you were.What is even sadder is that you guys had warehouses full of supplies,food,formula,generators,etc. that your Governor hid and did not distribute.The videos I saw made me so angry and sad.She has blood on her hands.God bless you and your family.
Diet soda is MUCH MORE DEADLY to the body than regular soda, though both are deadly!
Strokes & heart attacks.
Love you guys! Great channel!
Thanks.
Was thinking the same thing, I drink regular tonic water if I want a fizzy drink, then fill with water!
I fill empty juice bottles, store in a second frig. Add one drop chlorine per gallon if stored out the frig.
I stored gallon water jugs water bought from the store all over the house. All but a few developed holes and began to leak. The ones under our bed leaked and stained the carpet, probably molded the carpet. When we sold our home we had no idea of the damage the water had done until the bed came down. Needless to say we had to come down on the price of our house. Just be careful with the water jugs and pay attention to the number on the bottle.
If the gallon jugs are similar to milk jugs, they’re really not that great at long-term storage. I’ve had milk jugs shatter, leak. etc. the gallon jugs that are the much harder plastic are more reliable (if you’re going the cheap route). There are much better storage options.
The same thing has happened to me 😬
Same thing happened to me. I now have a few gallons stored in a plastic bin in case they break or leak and will be checking regularly
A friend of mine who was in his forties was told by his doctor to no longer drink colas like that, because the phosphoric acid was the reason he got a stress fracture in his leg. The phosphoric acid binds with the calcium in your bones and draws it out, leaving you with an osteoportic condition throughout your body. He needs to cut out anything that contains phosphoric acid, because it is going to weaken his bones. I know, because I was on dialysis for 7 years and my phosphorus was always high, which caused me to get osteoporosis and also messed up my parathyroid glands. This is another problem that happens when you have too much phosphate in your body. It overstimulates the parathyroid gland, and also removes calcium from the bones. It is possible that he is actually addicted to the caffeine in the soda, and would do better to switch to something like green tea, sweetened with stevia rather than toxic chemicals. As far as water storage, I have read that when you want to store water long term, instead of a couple drops of bleach per gallon, add a couple drops of iodine. It serves the same purpose, but it does not degrade and stop working like bleach will.
Thanks, good to know.
I also was on dialysis till I had my double transplant. of course I wasn't allowed colas because of the phosphorus and they also had me eat those dry Tums tablets that you chew two or three a day because your phosphorus and your calcium have to stay balanced and if your phosphorus gets too high then it does actually Leach the calcium out of your bones. plus being on Prednisone for the transplant for 24 years I ended up with a minus 2.37 osteoporosis level. I found out when I happened to fall out of bed and fractured my l2 and bulge my L3 and my l4. I have a constant backache. so my cola drinking is limited. also milk and cheese are high in phosphate. I became vegan about 14 years ago so no cheese for me or milk or meat. then I still chew up tums every few days.
Thank you! I also wondered about bromide tablets?
Tums contain Aluminum, not good.
Bromide attacks the thyroid gland.
My husband has gone on several mission trips to Kenya, helping put in wells. The local women walk for miles to the river to get water that is just filthy for drinking. The wells are such a blessing with their clean water. The health effects of not drinking enough are huge!
I bought life water straws & pitcher with filter.
@@cynda1954 ......
And where would one buy those
I'm trying to be prepared got started late.but am doing the best I can
@@lindatimmons3675 Walmart, bass pro, most any sporting goods store or amazon.
What do they use to treat the well for contaminates in the well water?
@@victoriajohnson3034 the government tests the wells to make sure the water is safe.😊
Thank You for the good info. My husband put one cup of salt into a heavy plastic gallon apple juice jug filled with water. This is kept in the freezer in case the power goes out. It takes longer to freeze and longer to thaw. I've gone on a road trip for a weekend and it stayed frozen keeping water and food cold.
Thanks!
Great ideas! Am using and filling with filtered tap water and duct taping the lids closed. I do live practically on top of the San Andreas fault line. So duct taping in hopes of no spillage and also on masking tape, the dates the bottles were filled and sealed. If the bottles need to be transported with me out of the area, hopefully the duct tape will prevent leakage. I keep a going supply of about 3-4 bottles of fresh water I get on sale. Please note that bottling fresh tap water lasts about 3-4 days. Grocery store bottled water last about 3-4 months. This is why bottled water goes on sale a lot and not to become stagnant. I also filter the water in my water pitcher so little tiny particles these journalists write about do not get into any water I use for me and my kitty. In my fridge, a hard to reach and pull veggy-fruit bin hard to access. I ended up take glass bottles and cleaning them and filling with water. Duct taping and mask taping the dates. This supposedly is helping to keep my fridge colder. I also use both the pouring types of cat litter containers to fill and mark with water. The square kitty containers get reused for storage and a few right now for bathtub hand laundry which I like better than the round utility tub containers. As for my homeless two year stint many years ago, one does not realize how valuble water is as a necessity...for hydration and personal basic hygiene...until they are far from being able to access a fairly easy resource. Park bathrooms and gas stations can be disgusting and oh my..the transportation back to camp involved...I do want to devise a way like black bags or simple sewing of felt(a huge insulator!) to get my sunny south and eastern windows to hold in heat when it is cold weather and help warm up at least this one room. The rest of the 'expired' or 'stale' water is going to be considered like Camp Potable Water. For cleaning purposes and non drinkable. Really. Being homeless taught me valuable lessons--mixed blessings to have that experience here on the California coastline. Before my time here, I lived for a decade in Florida always 'on stand by' for super strong thunderstorms and two hurricanes that knocked the power our for days in incredible sauna heat and humidity 24-7. Before this, I was practically borne and raised in a town that turned up high crime and high employment. So. I keep on learning and then trying out things. Usually a success or failure or needs a personal tweak. Have lived in fear too much and at this point..realized God was carrying me. Too many times since a young child I should have been dead including foiled plots by my stepdad to murder me for insurance money and the list goes on and on as for a long time 'the norm' for me. If and when I physically die before the Armaegadden or cross over to the heavens, I have enough faith God has always carried me one way or the other. He is not going to stop now.
Thanks for the informative tips. God definitely watches over and protects those who belong to Him. Blessings:)
@Rose Red
While storing water bottles in vehicle, practice extreme *caution* !
Heat will cause chemicals from plastic to leech into water.
As for storing cases/gallons of bottled water, *do* *NOT* store directly on concrete floor. Chemicals from concrete will leech into bottles. Put a barrier between concrete and cases/gallons with a broken down folded in half cardboard box (cheap alternative) or pallets (food use only)
The Dollar General near me stores their bottled water outside in the direct sun all summer. I talked to the manager about it but they don't care.
I no longer buy bottled water- anywhere!
I drive truck and ive hauled those water bottles in 100* heat in a trailer. I REFUSE to drink plastic bottled water. Ppl think im crazy.
@@christineosborne3155 A local grocery chain did the same. The plasticizers in the plastic begin to leach out into the water. Many bottled water companies blow mold the bottles right before they fill them and the fumes from heating the plastic get trapped in the bottle. So many times, I have tasted this when given a bottled water.
Don’t forget you have a tank full of water in your water heater!
Yes and in your toilet tank
True!
But there's sledge in the bottom of a water tank and toilet water not safe to drink?
@@alicebarton27 even in an emergency you need water for more than drinking.
When I had the plumbing replaced. I bleached some white five gallon buckets I normally carry food, and drained the house plumbing into them (without hose). In an emergency, it's something to consider.
I’ve been saving all glass bottles for saving water. Part of me wants to not keep all this and clean it out, but I know I’ll be glad in an emergency.
I'm filling the 2liter pop bottles, also. When we lost our water because of no electricity, last winter. A 2liter bottle of water is good to brush your teeth or wash hands.
I filled MANY 1 gallon ice tea bottles of water for any purpose needed. Save any screwed top containers for beans, rice, boxed powdered foods mixes that won't keep in a box change over to bottles.
Use your imagination.
Act Desperate, you come up with great ideas, because we are getting to that point quickly. ❤️
I work at a retirement home and the way you disinfect EXACTLY like they told us to do our stored water. 😊 Thank you
Good to know! Thanks for sharing.
She is the Women to follow if you want to do things right!!
Where do you find the blue 5 gallon Containers?
Very, very informative, sure love those cabinets, my husband is a cabinet maker and I will put in a request. Lol thank you.
Amazon, often local hardware stores, prepper sites, etc
I love your channel! You are so precious and come across as such a caring and compassionate person. And like others have said, your teaching style is perfectly conducive to helping us learn. Thank you so much for sharing your time and talent. May God bless! 😊
Thank you so much! We really appreciate that.
Ditto!!
I completely agree!!!!
Thank you for your videos i have learned so much 💜
This is the most thorough tutorial on water storage that I have ever seen. Thank you!
Wow! Thank you so much.
Moderation in every thing. If your living in fear you are missing another wonderful God given day.
I can water all the time, every time I don't have enough canning jars to raise the water level in the water bath, I fill up a clean jar with water and can it with whatever I'm canning. And i store it with the rest of the jars. It's my emergency water, I thought it would be useful for my dehydrated vegetables in an emergency as well as for drinking. Thanks for the tip, I also try to keep water stashed here and there. Pray to God that nothing bad happens but, you never know, it pays to be prepared👩🏽🌾👍🏽🙏🏽💖.
Great strategy! And yes, let's hope we can be prepared for emergencies that never happen!
I will need to can some jars of water for medical reasons.
Any tips or info on how to dehydrate vegs? Thank you ❤️
@@mariana7802 Most dehydrators come with instructions . Frozen vegetables are easy to do, just open the bag, load your drying racks and put into your dehydrator. There are many you tube channels such as this one who have excellent videos on how to dehydrate just about anything. There is a range of dehydrators from the expensive to the affordable you can choose from, al👩🏽🌾🙏🏽🧡💖l work very well. Good luck
Everytime I empty a 2 liter soda bottle I rinse it and fill it with water for drinking. I fill those large containers that fruit punch comes in with water. You just have to fill the minute they are empty to make sure you can rinse easy. I stack them up in our basement. I also have rain barrels set up for things like bathing. I live in the south so we get plenty of rain.
Sounds like you are a plan in place and are working that plan. That is great! Thanks for sharing.
I've learned that water stored in plastic should not be placed on concrete as it absorbs from the concrete.
@@pamelavance8753 what does it absorb?Would that include tile?
@@pamelavance8753 wow interesting -mine is stored on concrete yijes
U can rinse the empty laundry detergent bottle out and store water in it also..
I’m from Puerto Rico and my ❤️ was in pain when that happened.
Watching from South Africa and this woman is AMAZING!!!
I leaned about the plastics from Canadian Permaculture channel. I think, "2-4-5, stay alive; 1-3-6, make you sick." It's a simplification but helps me to remember which ones are okay to use for garden use settings my food.
1/You can always reuse plastic water bottles, clean well, refill with hot water and a drop of bleach for emergency water from a safe supply. Just boil it.
2/Create a rocket stove that can be used to boil water by using just twigs. Do it with masonry bricks. Only takes 3 of them. Keep a water pack for drinking water and use the empty plastic ones for holding clean water but you boil ALL water in storable bottles before drinking it.
3/If you had to, the PLASTIC BOTTLES may be used for GROWING VEGETABLES like a patio garden, in addition to refill of water, once emptied and sanitized can be used to grow lettuce for example, cut bottle side out, refill with dirt as growing medium. BIG PLASTIC BOTTLES FOR LARGER VEGETABLES. POTATOES GROW IN PLASTIC BUCKETS.
4/IF you have freezer space, FREEZE WATER IN REFILL BOTTLES. Then boil when it thaws.
5/Water bottles/ liter soda pop bottles can be used to hold DRY STAPLES like RICE or BEANS. It keeps insects out, is better than a torn plastic bag. Can stack and store them too.
6/When you go to big box store where they restock on the floor, I always get a few CARDBOARD BOXES , used flat, they can act as SHELF DIVIDERS for storage of food items in plastic. Never have to search for shipping box. CARDBOARD BOX, lined withALUMINUM FOIL, + metal COAT HANGER, CAN CREATE A MINI OVEN TO BAKE. GET SMALLER ALUMINUM FOIL PAN FOR CHARCOAL, insulate bottom of box so no fire.
7/CARDBOARD BOXES with DUCT TAPE put together and use as tent inside your house can insulate you from cold when there is no power for heat. Even line with ALUMINUM FOIL TO HOLD THE HEAT. Use VOTIVE CANDLES with CLAY TERRACOTTA FLOWER POT over the top to create mini oven.
8/BOXES can be cut up and used to create the insides to a mini-stove, fit it into a used TUNA CAN,buy COTTON YARN to use as a wick and with OIL poured to saturate it you can use it as a heat or candle source.
9/MAGNETS, 1 tsp SALT, WATER, 2 PLASTIC CUPS, LOW LEVEL LIGHT BULBS, can be combined to create light by lighting up the light bulb through electrical current transferred in the water. Can even use fridge magnets. Make solution with cup of water and salt. Suspend light bulb in second cup with bottom cut out, to where only metal tip is placed in the water and you have instant light.
10/ Create an old fashioned LARD JAR FOR BACON GREASE TO COOK WITH. Keep second jar as source of oil for burning in makeshift candle.
Great tips
Thank you for your knowledge , you are a very wise person! JESUS, is also the answer
Thank you for sharing these tips.👍
I wish I could copy this so I could print!
@Lovely Dianna - you can screenshot it if you’re using an iPhone or iPad and print it out or just keep it in your photos! Hope that helps!
Praise the LORD for creating water!
Great 👍 tips on how you explain yourself too !!! Great 👍 video !!!
Thanks so much!
Thank you for your video🙏🙏🙏 In Feb 2021 due to artic freeze, we had no water for 4 days, in 2020 no bottle water due to pandemic, and 2020 no city water for 3-4 days due to a main city pipe break. Too many disasters emergencies in such a short span of time, this really opened my eyes that we need to have a water stored. Thanks 🙏.
Thank you for very important water message. We agree.
You know, this made me think of the huge number of jars that I could fill with water until I fill them with good. Thank you do much. I thought if the water supply gets really bad you could use a spray bottle to get wet and clean off.
Great idea.
Also, keep a supply of baby wipes. They work well for hygiene, but also for cleaning surfaces
I'm prepared for that by having qt. size spray bottles and liquid soap for cleaning body.
Thank you,My friend lost all her preps in a flood, we are helping her,
In the olden days, people in New Orleans filled the bath tubs with water right before the onset of a hurricane.If there was no water they drank that.
What a priceless heart felt message, one that frightens me more than food shortages
Sorry it frightened you. Water is the #1 thing to start with in emergency preparedness.
Very few ever talk about using rain barrels. Great for the garden and toilet. Can distill the water for drinking.
Do you have to do anything with the rain after it goes into the barrels or can you just drink it straight? Thank you
A roof can produce 600 gallons of rain run off with one storm.
Make sure you don't use a regular garden hose to fill your barrels, as they contain lead. Use the RV hoses, blue or white is safe.
You need to filter the city water, remove chlorine and fluoride
What removes fluoride?
@@suemcdermott2947 Fluoride can't be removed with a filter. If they remove it at all it will only be for a short amount of time. It needs to stop being dumped into our supply, period.
No. Stored water needs the chlorine to keep it sanitized longer. Keeping it sealed keeps the chlorine gas in it. If you let it sit without a cap, it will offgas and taste better. Keeping water in a dark container is better to cut out light to cut down on any growth.
Fluoride is not a thing in most municipal water.
@@BigBirdy100 Um, yeah, it absolutely is. I am an expert on the subject and helped write a book about it geared towards doctors so I don't know what you are talking about. It's dumped in just about every water supply with the exception of a few small counties/towns in the U.S.
Thank you for mentioning Puerto Rico, the island where I was born. Puertorricans have seen quite a few hurricanes recently and we are quite resilient. But, at the time of Hurricane María resources were low because there had been a previous hurricane. Some people lost everything including some homes that went downhill in spite of being solid concrete. This shows that sone tragedies can be multiplied and thorough preparations are vital.
Yes, I would agree: Puerto Ricans are definitely resilient!!
Tremendous and thought provoking. The milk jug thing really surprised me. I save them for the garden...poke a hole in the bottom and fill with water for a poor man's drip irrigation. But you are right...by the end of the season, the heat has made them so brittle. I also fill lots of them when there is a hurricane in the Gulf coming this way. Another thing you made me think of is water for animals. I will keep the codes in my phone memo to reference when shopping for water (or any kind of) containers. So many things to think of but this topic is totally number 1. Thanks a bunch. Jesus bless.
Instead of poki g holes in the bottom for irrigation, which makes them less able to reuse to store water, Fill and freeze bottles. Simply remove lids, TURN UPSIDE DOWN, and as the ice slowly melts, it drip irrigates.
@@sheilahenderson3182 Thank you Sheila. This is a great idea. My problem would be having enough freezer space to freeze enough jugs though---large garden. And I would be a little curious as to how the plants would react to such cooling refreshment. Would it bring the temp of the soil down to a temp they were adverse to. Brrr. I don't know. lol But again, this is a very thought provoking solution to making a container only a one time use thing. Thank you. Jesus bless.
Praying for our Government.
🙌 Good for Jim. He has chosen the best pop known to humanity. 👍
Yes, it works for me. Jim
As a single older person I prefer smaller one gallon containers. For me it is just more manageable.
I always have several gallons of water in my car. My radiator sprung a leak on the freeway. That water got me to a repair shop without wrecking my engine. I never go anywhere without food, water, charger, phone, blankets, and even my medication. I live in earthquake country and we even have been told to be prepared for 3 weeks of no electricity or help. I was in the 1964 Alaska earthquake in the winter so I know what it is like to be unprepared. It is also a good idea to have a neighbor you can talk with about helping each other if need be. I live 60 miles from anyone who could help me. Several times I have had to be on my own with a broken down car and had to figure out how to get myself some assistance.
Happy I moved to Querétaro,Mexico at 79.
Nice Rose Red Homestead!!!
Late to the party, but every year we prepare for bushfires. Storing potable water is an essential part. We use massive storage tanks, because after a fire we can’t harvest water from the roof for a while. Fire season over, we empty the tanks on to the paddocks or around the trees.
I wanted to drill a well on my half acre but the cost was going to be huge. So, I put in a 10,000 gallon pool, my wife loves it but can not understand why I will not let her or her friends use sun screen. Thanks for the video. God Bless, stay safe
That is awesome! Keep up the good work!
🤣🤣 Good idea. You can put a Mr Clean Magic Eraser in the skimmer. The eraser grabs the oils from the body, and any algae in the water.
@@GodGunsGutsandNRA Thanks! I have read that but not tried it. I need to shock the pool today but will try the M.E. for 24 hours and see what happens.
Thanks for the tip
If you're shocking your pool, it is no longer potable, regardless of boiling etc. Let alone it's just standing water. If it's not being shocked the bugs will start laying eggs in it, birds bathing in it, etc. That pool is not a life line
I'll be sponge bathing in as little water as possible. Baby wipes work wonders in an emergency - I learned that camping.
I use large vaccum bags filled with half gallon of water and sealed on both ends, stored in the freezer that way I could use it to cool food in a cooler and when melted I can drink it. No waste.
Great information 😁 I have a Car bag in every car...water, snacks, matches, aspirin, band aids and cash and T.P with small can trash bags. I also will make car bags for people I know who Drive for work everyday. Earth quakes happen at any time and other crisis.
Yes, be prepared for a possible crisis.
Make sure you buy a garden hose that is made especially for safe drinking. As far as rotating the water, it depends on what kind of container you store it in. Some containers break down and contaminate the water. City water? Well, I guess floridated water is better than no water at all.
I have a water filter also on my kitchen sink for cofee and rinsing vegetables. My stored water comes from a tested underground spring.
Not all cities have floridated water.
Most water is NOT fluoridated. City water is tested every day. The bottled water does not have to be tested, so it is better than bottled water.
@@a.visitor4309 I'm more concerned about possible lead, mold & other contaminants from the old pipes in the OLD building where I live. I have a "Section-8" Apt. in the city! 🥴
Thank You cheers from Pennsylvania 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I have well water. Both of us are on CPAP machines which use purchased distilled water. We therefor get many emptied gallon water jugs. I refill them with well water and put a fill date on the jug. Fortunately we have an unused bathroom. I store all the jugs in the tub and on the tile floor. Every few months I check the dates, dump out water on my plants and refill and re-date. Also use canning jars and used lids when I don’t have a full canner load. This works for me. Also use some of those jugs as mini greenhouses in my garden. I have a love/hate relationship with plastic. 😁😩
My friends Jim and Pam thank you for having this channel. You both are helping all of us so muck...GOD'S LOVE and JOY...🙏..
wow you are an amazing woman. I appreciate what you are doing very much. and I have learned so much. thank you beautiful lady.
You are very welcome! We love to hear that the information we present in our videos is useful to people--thanks for your comment.
When I was a child we lived in Namibia which is mostly desert. I remembered the first thing my father packed for even a short trip, was water.
Finally a Simple, logical solution to store water..Thank you
I invested in a couple of utility wagons, not only do they help around the yard but they would help transport supplies if we needed to travel by foot. Some lattice panels can be used to raise the sides to haul more and they have a 1,200 lb weight limit so you are not likely going to overload them. There are some smaller and larger ones available as well as some on larger tires. I have considered getting a couple of spare tires for mine, the last thing you would want is a flat tire in an emergency.
As an AZ resident, water is a real concern so every time we empty a gallon size jug of AZ Tea, we fill it with water and store it somewhere for future use! (In addition to our blue barrels)
AZ is my home state, so I know about that concern. These days with the widespread drought conditions all over the west, it is a concern for all of us. That is a great practice. Check the number on the bottom of the jug--the number in the triangle--to double check the type of plastic to be sure it is safe for reuse. Here is the key to that: learn.eartheasy.com/articles/plastics-by-the-numbers/
Great idea! That could always be used for hygiene or flushing toilet in a crisis.
I’m in Florida and that’s exactly what I do! Those are the best storage containers and they come super clean so no bacteria build up.
Me-too.
@@tr4321 which ones come super clean?
Was told to soak pickle jars with baking soda water for a day, wash with soap and a little bleach rinse well and then fill and freeze.
YOU ARE AHHHMAAAAAZING!! 😘
I would look at your recent water report from your provider before storing water from the tap.
Besides storing water, everyone should invest in portable water filtration units like the Life Straws as well as learning how to filter water with natural materials in an emergency.
You can buy square, stackable 3 gal blue water jugs for around $7.
Good advice. While life straws are not my favorite, I know some people like them. A Berkey water filter would be a great investment. Thanks for your comments.
@@tr4321 sometimes State Agencies will test for free, too. We have a State Agriculture field office we can take it to and they send it out. Can do soil testing with them, as well.
You can DIY a water filter similar to a Berkey using 2 - 5 gallon food safe buckets. Place one on top of the other. Drill holes in one lid to accommodate the filter and drill a hole for a spigot. Filters can be ordered from Berkey or from other retailers / amazon. Works great but maybe not that pretty 😂
@@andycummings2900 the same can be made with two stainless steel cooking pots.
Berkeley water filters work!!!
I’m a water hoarder! I have 4, 1000 gallon poly tanks full of well water treated with bleach. We can drink it or use it for fire fighting (we have a gas fired pump and 250’ of fire hose) in the Northern Nevada desert. I have 2, 275 gallon IBCs (also chlorinated) full, and 2, 55 gallon blue barrels, plus assorted 5, 6 and 3 gallon water jugs full for a total of nearly 5000 gallons of water stored. We live in a rural are on 5 acres and get very little rain, so we felt like we needed to take water seriously. I have been thinking about stacking the IBCs and setting up a system that would allow us to flush our toilets by running a hose from the IBCs to a hose bib. We are also looking into a solar powered well pump. Self sufficiency is super important to us.
I would say that you are super prepared with your water storage! Excellent!
Northern Nevadan here too. I don’t live in a very rural area, and wish I did. Good for you storing so much water. Stay safe with the current fires and smoke. Thank you Red Rose Homestead for discussing this topic.
Never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing ...
@@RoseRedHomestead . Y traducir a idioma Inglesh ya q no lo comprendo todo grasias🙌🙏
Why wouldn't you have an outhouse and not use any precious water????
Hi. I just discovered your site. Thanks for the water, plastic tips.
i use 1gal water bags. when the water is consumed they are collapsable and store easy. most have handles for easy transport.
No. 2,4 and 5 bottles, ok. Long time ago i had this discussion with our water dept and they said before filling add 1 drop of bleach per gallon and fill all the way to overflowing. Air space at the top fosters mold growth when left for a long time. We check the bottles for color every few months and refill once a year. That said, we have water outages at least once a year and its shocking how fast you go through your stock when thats the only supply. We have two sets of water, tap water for sponge baths and filtered water for drinking. Ornamental plants are unwatered and pots growing food get the minimum to stay alive. Right now we are storing like crazy because of news that several countries now are experiencing electric outages if that happens to us, our city water pumps would stop. We are buying bottled water in 3 and 5 gallon sizes just to get larger bottles which can still be carried.
I live on the gulf coast and got sick of trying to store water everytime a hurricane comes. It's impossible to store enough because sometimes tap water is contaminated for weeks after a storm. I've used a Berkey for the last several years and I can literally get water out of a ditch, if necessary, and let Berkey work its magic.
We love our Berkey as well and you have made a very good case for it!
That’s what I did too
I've never done it before, but I just realized I can also keep my neighbors supplied with clean water! 😊
Just purchased a Big Berkey, looking forward to using it for my well water.
@@darkskies6564 That's awesome! I'm sure you'll love it. Did you get the pump for priming the filters? If not, you should definitely consider it. It's not impossible to prime them from the faucet, but it's definitely not easy.
I'm thinking of buying a few Berkeys as Christmas gifts.
I haven’t stored but a few cases of bottled water because I have a pool. Always thought I’d just boil that to use for drinking and cooking, use as is for washing. The cases are for bug out, if needed.
Thank you from Ecuador
You are so informative. I really appreciate you putting out these wonderful and potentially life-saving videos. If there is one things Americans have done over the past few decades, it is taking the systems in place for granted. And in 2020-2021, we have learned those systems can fail in the least expected of ways. I’ve tried to be prepared with food for a long time, and just had what I considered to be a prepared mindset. There are still so many scenarios I haven’t thought of and learn more each day from videos like this.
I loved how detailed you explained everything.
Climates have changed every year since the day I was born! years now! It is Natural! We have our own well water!
Love the many details, most don't cover the really important parts, thank you🙂
Cindy: Glad it was helpful! Jim
You are welcome. So glad you found it useful.
We rented a farm for a few years and in the first winter we lost power 7 times. We learned that when you're on a well and have a power outage, you no longer have water. Yup. Water goes out and you can't flush the toilets. My wife used bottled water to make her coffee and we bought it by the gallon. It wasn't long before I was able to save up 30-40 1-gallon water jugs. We filled these up and had several under bathroom sinks and in the bottom of the pantry. This was in case we had a power outage so we could flush toilets. Yes, this tip isn't for potable water, but if you're on a well, you'll appreciate this if you lose power.
Agree, we have a well, but my husband is one that always says I'm over reacting, so least to say not allowed to store water..it makes me upset because it's very important , you can never have enough water back up in worse case scenario.
@@patriotgirl3576 The first year we rented a farm just a few miles outside town we lost power 7 times, from a couple hours to a couple of days. When you are on a well, being able to flush the toilet is priceless, especially if, like us, you have say 5 people in the house. Anything more than a few hours can make this a pressing issue. I would just save some one gallon jugs, from water or even milk, that you rinse out and refill with water to put underneath the bathroom sink. I guess the question is, when was the last time you lost power and for how long. If you can honestly say never, or you have a generator to keep the pump working, you might have a hard time making the argument. If within the last year it should be easy to talk someone even somewhat open minded into saving some water. Good luck.
You did a great job breaking down how to store water. You explained everything, thank you.
I just opened a clean, empty #5 container & the plastic smell about knocked me over. It was from food & that worries me about the plastic. I'm going to look up more about plastic before I reuse any for water or food (even dry food).
Provident Prepper channel did a video on reusing containers for storing dry food. She answered my question in comments about pickle smell/taste in jars & lids that might work for plastics (I haven't seen pickles in plastic). Kylene said she uses baking soda (maybe wash & soak) and sunshine. I don't think plastic should sit out in the sun but jars & lids should be ok. I really don't like pickles at all so if this works then I wont be wasting pickle jars anymore.
Thanks for all the work & research you do in making videos. You both are a great blessing!
We survived Hurricane Micheal. We, in our area were out of power for 2 weeks. One friend had a hand pump on his well that kept his neighbors watered and we had a friend in Ga. that sent her church men out to help. They, 3 days after the hurricane hit, came down, hooked us up to a generator and fixed our damaged well. We were the only house that had running water so people came to get water and we let people shower too. It was so hot and humid on top of everything else. We made some good friends during that very hard time! I have since put in a simple pump and built a bunker around the well house!
I love this story. It truly shows how we can come together as a community to help each other when things get bad. Thank you so much for sharing.
So thorough! Thank you for sharing your knowledge AND your wisdom:)
Good to hear I'm not the only one with a water stash under the bed. 😂
LOL
Bedroom closet lol
After the Texas Freeze with no power or electricity for 4 days. Storing water is a necessity. I thought we stored enough for the freezer but it only lasted 2 days, who would have know we were out of water for 4 days, we are 2 adults, 4 jugs at 5 Gallons, 15 of the 1 Gallon jugs all for drinking & eating but we couldn't flush toilets so we ended up having to use the 5 Gallon jugs. Two if our neighbors DID NOT prepare & had no water so we gave them some of our jugs to flush the toilets & have some drinking water. It was the Christian thing to do but we had to boil water on the spratic times we got "dribbles" of water a few hours on day 3 & 4 to boil for cooking, drinking & sponge baths. Lesson learned for us & our 2 single female neighbors on both sides of our home.
RCG: Wow! That is a harrowing experience in this day and age. I agree, we need to be ready with our water especially, as well as other necessities. Thanks for watching our videos. Jim
Just a helpful hint that it is not recommended to store the plastic soda bottles in the freezer as the plastic leaches into the bottles, and they are only good for a couple of uses and should be thrown away.
Wonderful! Thank you!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Excellent advice!
Glad it was helpful!
I have canned water in jars to save for emergency, and this summer our well quit working for 5 days. Those jars of watercame in handy. my husband used to laugh about them, but when he needed water ,he quit laughing.
We have a 55 gallon water heater and we have several gallons of spring water that we stock up on and use daily to keep it rotated. I have 30 single gallon jugs filled with tap water (kept in our spare shower that we do not use) and are keeping this water to clean with.
In 1999 (Y2K) my dad filled up 50 single gallon water bottles and added a teaspoon of bleach to the bottles and kept them in his cool basement. We ended up using them all one at a time and never got sick or had any issues.
That is fantastic. We switch out our water in 50-gallon about every 5 years. Jim
GREAT information Pam…TY!!! 💕🌸💕
You are welcoome!
Excellent information....life saving! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I really enjoy your videos. *Heat will create chemical leaching in every clear plastic bottle. Never leave them in warm temperatures.
A lot of us live in small apartments, not much space at all, and no garage. Space to prep is really limited. Juice containers are good for me. Glad to know this is less complicated than I thought .
Sandra: Yes, we agree with you. That is great that juice containers work for you. Jim
Thank U 4 sharing! It's really appreciated! 🥰
Thanks for watching.
Blessings to you and your family. Thanks for the info.
You are very welcome.
a water filter is a very good thing to keep in a bug out kit
DAARPA....! Whatever it is that’s causing these problems.... I APPRECIATE YOU and your knowledge to help us prepare for emergency! Thank you kindly!
Thank you for great info!!! 😉👍
You are welcome.
I love your videos, they are so informative, and have provided a lot of support in our canning adventure. I never thought about water storage. Great video!
Thank you for your comments and I am so glad to hear that our videos have been useful for you.
Stay safe! Have a blessed day! Wendy🌺🐞🦋🌸🌷❤
I love your channel! Great info and easy to follow!