Stocking up on the water and the thought of keeping them stored in plastic contaminated bottles disgust me. Any tips for better long-term storage that you may have, am all for it.
Thanks!
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Can you link a type you are thinking of; not sure my search is showing what I think you are referring to (which is just the VERY large ones that are at the farms around here)
I am not sure what my goal is, but with a family of three and two dogs, just want to make sure for right now we have some for about a weeks worth, at min and later go from there.
Thanks!
4 gallon jugs to the river we go, and then heavy duty filtration.
Our river is far too polluted thanks to Smithfield's up the road some ways polluting it.
Visit and Amish or Mennonite store and you can get anything you need for water storage. My Mennonite friends keep a one year supply for their family.
Here is a store locator for all the states:
https://www.primalsurvivor.net/amish-stores-market-near-me/
Looks like the only three in our state are just furniture stores. I will have to see if the hutterites have anything though. Thank you for the suggestion.
Consider steel containers?
Ah! I forgot we had a surplus store. I will check it out and get some purification tabs, too. Wish water buffalos were easy to tote around
If water becomes hard to come by long term effects of maybe leaching plastic will be the least of your concerns.
That will be true eventually but still want to have options for doing better right now.
Plastic is a miracle material. There's a reason why water bottles did not really become a thing until plastic.
And indeed, a heavy duty food grade plastic designed to hold water long term instead of being disposable is just fine.
Miracle material?
I’ve been picking up 64oz and 128oz growlers from thrift stores. They’re small enough to transport easily and have little handles.
I consider my larger 5 gallon vessels grey water as I don’t enjoy rotating the water every six months. If I have to boil it and filter, so be it. Have a nice Berkey filter waiting in the prepper pantry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kazEAzGWuIc
https://youtu.be/TxmrNGLFNnY?t=882
Thank you for both links!
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Water bed mattress
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Why keep that Berkey filter in the prepper supplies? Break it out and enjoy super clean water! We got rid of a reverse osmosis filter and went with this quality, simple filtration unit several years ago. Four daughters with big families all have different capacities, but same brand. No fluoride this way, either.
Which one do you have? I have seen the larger ones some YouTubers have (I follow some keto YTers) but the ones I saw were kind of spendy. Are there smaller portable ones you would recommend?
Grab toppic, my plain is 5 gallon bucket with a layer of small pebbles on top then a lever o sand, to a layer o real charcoal , to a layer o rocks with a pipe fitting and a hose… my source water I a pond it has a green tent and after the home made filter it is the same as bottled water from Teston judging bye color…. Good enoug for me
What is the green tent for?
Green tint refers to the color of the water before filtering, and after the water I clear as it should be
Ah, you had spelled tEnt so I thought you were providing a shaded area for some reason.
Filtration and bleach. Easier, takes up less space.
Problem with bleach is that its effectiveness tails off the older the bleach.
Saw one of these on a farm when I was out for a drive the other day. Thought it would make a great aquifer. You would have to make a lid but it's a solid vessel and easy to clean. Solid enough to attach plumbing as well.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Behlen-Country-Galvanized-Round-End-Water-Tank-Feed-Trough-Horse-Cattle-Free-Shi/251992040439
Check your link... I don't think you meant a feed mill pellet grinder.... ?
Ah, yeah. Stock tanks used for water supply for animals on farms (or redneck pools, hot tubs, and mini waterfall/water feature) Only thing is that they have a tendency to get rusty.