I happen to drink a moderate amount of wine - though I never drink more than 2-glasses a night, I might average 15 glasses a month. As a result, I am collecting an increasing number of empty wine bottles so I started thinking:
Would wine bottles make for good long-term water storage?
The idea would be to purchase new manufacture synthetic corks, clean the bottles, fill them with water, add 1mL of chlorine bleach (that's about 1 tea spoon per gallon) to each bottle, then cork them and store them in the cool, dark celler similar to how the wine is stored.
The thought would be that this method would make good use of used wine bottles, provide very long term storage and make water rationing in an emergency very easy.
Does anyone know of any issues doing this?
Would wine bottles make for good long-term water storage?
The idea would be to purchase new manufacture synthetic corks, clean the bottles, fill them with water, add 1mL of chlorine bleach (that's about 1 tea spoon per gallon) to each bottle, then cork them and store them in the cool, dark celler similar to how the wine is stored.
The thought would be that this method would make good use of used wine bottles, provide very long term storage and make water rationing in an emergency very easy.
Does anyone know of any issues doing this?