Soundwave
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So what is everyones process for storing water? I've got a bunch of 5gal containers arriving. Do you treat the water and leave it for 5 years? No treatment and rotate every 6 months? Or what? Thanks.
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5-Gallon Stackable Water Container kit (40 Total Gallons), 8 Pack, Blue, BPA Free, High Density Polyetholene (HDPE) with Built In Handle with Water Preserver plus 4 Additional Lids & 4 Total Spigots
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That's what I bought but I have no experience so I was hoping for some insight.
Have a Berkey with the chlorine and fluoride filters. Been washing out juice containers as I use them and fill with the filtered water and a few drops of bleach. Prob time to rotate those out. Ordered some pool shock the other day and will try sterilizing with that for.the first time.
Was at Costco the other day and picked up 6 gallons of Poland spring . Usually never buy bottled water but I was there and figured what the hell. Food shopping tonight and I'll prob pick up some more.
I rotate six 7 gal jugs every six months add 1/8 per gal chlorine but I'm going to 2 fifty-five gal containers soon and lose the jugs.So what is everyones process for storing water? I've got a bunch of 5gal containers arriving. Do you treat the water and leave it for 5 years? No treatment and rotate every 6 months? Or what? Thanks.
not really related but i read this thread with interest. i found ten 2.5 gallon jugs of poland springs water i bought in dec. 1999 for the y2k fiasco that never happened. i guess i was prepping then, right? i was hoping i would read there was a magic tablet i could drop in the jugs when/if i needed them to make it fit, if not for human consumption, at least for pet hydration. i guess i'll still hang onto the water, best case i can flush the toilet several times in case the water stops for some reason. oh, each jug is down i'd say by half gallon due to evaporation.
20 years actually, lol.Wow. Sealed jugs still evaporate? I mean, I figured a tiny bit, but half a gallon?!? I suppose that is over 10 years time, but never would have guessed it.
20 years actually, lol.
Didn't know that. ThanksBe sure to store that dry pool shock outside of your living spaces in a dry, waterproof container.
As it ages, it breaks down and out gasses chlorine gas which is (deadly).
I check before I empty there was no residue left over. Chlorine doesn't last all that long.Wow you're doing chlorine even when rotating that often!?
i was hoping i would read there was a magic tablet i could drop in the jugs when/if i needed them to make it fit, if not for human consumption, at least for pet hydration.
ah...good info. another thing about these 2.5 gal jugs...they look like the pic below. only 20 years ago the plastic was clear, not the white opaque color they show. and what worries me is the built in spout not being air tight and letting organisms in. probably why the water evaporated like it did. i dunno, i should know this stuff, i'm a lousy prepper.The “magic tablets” you are thinking of is iodine tablets. Couple of things with them though...
- Your water will taste like ass
- They don’t kill everything. I think they are pretty effective, but know I’ve read they aren’t 100% somewhere. (Double check me there)
I think calcium hypochlorite is the generally accepted gold standard for long term storage.
I rotate six 7 gal jugs every six months add 1/8 per gal chlorine but I'm going to 2 fifty-five gal containers soon and lose the jugs.
Yup, until it doesn't rain for a month or two, and you still gotta clean it before use.