How to Treat & Store Water for Emergencies pt3

[bamamaria]

I am a 60 yr old widow with a disabled daughter and I'm just now starting to educate myself on these prepp videos. I will now have the know how to do it..I also live in the deep south where it's hot and humid but my basement that has 2 bedrooms are always cool. the floors are concrete will that be a bad thing to store them right on the floor or should I buy shelves to put them on?

[AzNd3v1L6]

I would definitely want you as a friend if I was ever in danger and in need of a survivalist. Thanks for the informative video :D

[TJ347]

This is a great way to remove radiation from water, but don't forget to have adequate protection from radiation in the environment otherwise. If you're in a SHTF scenario where the area itself is radioactive and you have no defense against its effects, having safe water is going to be cold comfort as you slowly die. Accordingly, iodine would be very handy to have on hand assuming the local radioactivity is relatively low. Oh, and you'll die drinking only distilled water for lack of vitamins.

[vivislafter]

excellent....when u mentioned hidden water sources in the house, I thot, mmm,,,,no you aren't going there, the comode....lol....but one thing I never thot of was the hot water tank...very good....thank you, and the amount of simple bleach to purify....and I too always wondered how long water could be stored!

[TATTOOTRAINING]

keep a bag of clean sand for this reason , also keeping bentonite clay around to clean fallout from water by adding it to the water then pouring it thru the sand filter , im making a system with bone char to remove fluoride a large gravity filter is a good thing to have anyway

[garzac7815]

love your videos.... hhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt­tttttteeeeeeeeeeee your hat.... keep it up!!

[nylecrane2k7]

What's on the cap?

[dawes777]

This is a joke! The guy advises filtering out one type of toxin - radiation, then using a coffee filter, boiling the water, then using another high toxin, the disinfectant chlorine! So, you might protect yourself from one form of cancer, radiation, in the first filtration, but you are likely to get another form of cancer from the chlorine. There is a better way: After the first filtration, skip the boiling, use a ceramic filter impregnated with colloidal silver or silver particles.

[DIYSurvivalSolutions]

@dawes777 So you can turn your skin blue with the colloidal silver? Awesome. You are not going to get cancer from drinking a minuscule amount of diluted bleach for the duration of a temporary disaster/emergency.

[dawes777]

@DIYSurvivalSolutions No, you will NEVER get blue skin from drinking colloidal silver correctly made with distilled water, where the product is clear or a pale lemon colour.

Argyria is caused by drinking colloidal silver that is:

a.) made with non-distilled water;

b.) excessive concentration, where the colour is dark red, brown, grey or black, (due to silver density);

c.) made with dilute nitric acid;

d.) made with silver filings.

Cancer from bleach is due to a person’s susceptibility.



[dawes777]

@DIYSurvivalSolutions I would add that argyria, or blue-grey skin, is produced through the accumulation of large silver particles in the blood, which it cannot eliminate; this can be as little as one teaspoonful daily over eighteen months or more. Argyria is not an illness, but a 'condition.' Further, it is the prolonged use of a, b, c and d as previously indicated which causes the condition.

You can drink large quantities of clear colloidal silver without affecting the colour of the blood.

[highwayhokie]

if you use a coffee maker with filter , isn't that the same as distilling and filtering?

[dawes777]

@highwayhokie NO!

[thatguru877]

you know if you hit that button that looks like a speech bubble it turns the annotations off and we can see your hat which is nice by the way

[SeepingNosferatu]

Great Job! Thank You.

[Helghast4life]

Can you premake the fallout filter? If so, how long can you keep it before you replace it?

[ImRamro]

Great video, thanks for the info. I never would have thought of using the hot water tank. I have heard of toilet tanks, sprinkler systems, and fish tanks. I have fish supplies so fortunately I have aquarium carbon, and a R/O D/I unit.

[CountryBoy7488]

i have those cups haha. hey man your great please make more vids of your 870 gotta love pumps!

[epmd2450]

Good series of videos. Aqumira frontier pro has a hot water tank adapter for their backpacking filter. (it filters about 40 gallons) Kind of a neat option as well. total cost of filter and adapter is about $20.00 -30.00

P.S. one more idea is to grab the rifle, go to your local water tower, shoot a hole, and hold out a bucket = water for days!

[RonPaulIsiah]

Such a great series of info. Thanks!

[nkey01]

Thank you for the vids

[miketonon]

Rocks can also be very dusty from the mill either bought in a bag or by truck load. I would clean them while you have a surplus of clean water, let them dry (so they don't get mildewed) and store them in a cool, dry place.

[D33Lux]

wouldn't a layer of charcoal from a burnt camp fire be good also? It would help purify the water.

[SafeArmsReview]

As I said this is a last resort type of filtration (using soil).

Of course if you had charcoal it would also help. The problem is that if fallout covered everything, then the coal and ash could still be contaminated and defeat the process. However if you prepared in advance and had clean charcoal, then it would be beneficial.

Thanks for posting this idea.

:)

[maxinpains]

@D33Lux IN CITY THE POLLUTIONS SETS IN THE WATERS. CAN'T FILTER OUT THAT ONE WITH THIS...

[DIYSurvivalSolutions]

@D33Lux Yes it would. Also letting water flow through the filter to "clean" off the rocks and other stuff would be ideal, before you begin capturing your drinking water.

[pudentane777]

How many times can you use this filtration process? can you reuse the rocks?

[SafeArmsReview]

short answer = once

Since your filtering out radioactive fallout, it would be best to bag the contaminated dirt/soil/rocks for proper disposal later on, then get new dirt/soil/rocks for additional filtering.

:)

[humblehim]

@SafeArmsReview WHERE DO YOU FIND CLEAN ROCKS FOR FILTER?

[saharra22469]

I just want to know what keeps microscopic worm eggs out of the water. They're in dirt. Some are so small, they can bore through the skin of your feet without ppl knowing it. Watch videos on worms... I guess we have to boil the water.

[SafeArmsReview]

If you watch all three parts you will see that I do recommend that you treat the dirt filtered water for just that reason.

:)

[saharra22469]

Okay, I did. Thanx. I think it would be easier to get rid of all nuclear weapons all over the world...and...

some of the unstable ppl that have the power to push the button.

[humblehim]

@SafeArmsReview arent the rocks gathered covered in fall out as well? how do we get around that problem...thanks for video, i really apreciate your knowledge.

[humblehim]

@SafeArmsReview arent the rocks gathered covered in fall out as well? how do we get around that problem...thanks for video, i really apreciate your knowledge.

[7777Ralph]

Dear SaftArmsReview:

Do you know if a water distiller such as the home units they sell for around $200.00 would remove nuclear fallout?

Thank you sir

[SafeArmsReview]

I am unsure but if you did filter water contaminated with fallout it would be a one time filter to be sure.

Best bet is to just use the dirt method so you dont cross contaminate your water distiller system, which would endanger you & your family.

I hope this helps.

:)

[7777Ralph]

Thank you so much for the excellent series on getting water in all these situations, and for making it easy to understand.

[SafeArmsReview]

Your welcome = glad I could help

:)

[saharra22469]

Why is dirty used? What about the worms, or worm eggs in the dirt? I have wormophobia. I will die anyway but with worms on me.

So....how does one cholinate? How much? etc.

[SafeArmsReview]

what all three parts for the answer to your questions.

:)

[danboone143]

SUPERB! Using the ubiquitous plastic bucket and some things you have anywhere in the world no less.

Thank you for pointing out things that some of us may forget, such as dig down for your dirt.

In Iraq and Afghanistan there is a huge amount of surface contamination from human and animal feces as well as from dead animals (and people in the first years of the war). Something that could happen here or anywhere when the hammer falls.

[jawatt84]

i have been watching vedios on how to do stuff in case of...well this country going south or the persacution of christians which ever comes first...where would be a place to be headed to or head to in case of the worst. Like what state would be a good sorce of water and food for perhaps extended periods of time. Maybe a place that would be easly defended if need be. Just curious of your thoughts I personally am thinking west virginia or north georgia

[SafeArmsReview]

If I had to move out of state, I'm not sure where I would go. If we had to leave our house, we have a fallback position in Colorado.

Where every you plan to go, it would be best that you know some ppl you can trust.

:)

[Sherri119]

Thanks for these videos. Very helpful. I have a question. Can you use sand instead of soil? I have room to store some things, and was wondering if buying some bags of sand was a reasonable option.

[SafeArmsReview]

I have never heard of anyone using sand, with that said I think I would stick to soil.

I hope this helps & thanks for watching.

:)

[Eraser7622]

Hi Steve. Just found your channel and really enjoyed your water filtration/storage piece. Look forward to watching your other posts. Great job and good camera presence. All the best to you and yours during these amazing times!

[SafeArmsReview]

thanks for the compliment - I hope my future vids are of the same caliber or better.

:)

[FordDZLMan9191]

Could you freeze the water that you just treated and store it in a freezer? The only thing I can think of that would cause this not to work is the container cracking or whatever in the freezer. But is freezing the treated water an option for storage?

[SafeArmsReview]

It is an option but not one I would consider.

Perhaps if you had a big enough freezer but since the rule of thumb is one gallon per person per day, its kind of hard to store a month worth of water (or more) that way.

Its better to just store water in a cool dry place & save the freezer for food.

:)

[doctorofghetto]

Thanks SAR for this lesson on water treatment and storing water. However, I live in an apartment in an urban area. For the fall out filter mention in this last video, can I go to my local park for the dirt and rocks, or you think it would be contaminated already from the pollution? Or, do you think it is best to get them from a hardware store, like Home Depot?

[SafeArmsReview]

You welcome & thanks for watching.

As for dirt/soil the park should work fine - remember we are using it to filter out radioactive contamination not pollution. After its filtered thru the soil, then you have to treat it using bleach, commercial filters, etc.

I hope this helps.

:D

[doctorofghetto]

Oh definitely. I mention about the soil/dirt in my local parts maybe contaminated already (pollution or radiation) because we have more waste and garbage, obviously, lol. I did not want to take the chance of taken a few shovels of dirt being that it hurts me, rather benefit me. Most likely, I would buy those gravel rocks and dirt from a hardware store, just in case.

[ShadeoftheKOHLM]

SAR where would you get safe rocks from, in a nuclear fallout situation? BTW great video very useful God bless

[ShadeoftheKOHLM]

never mind I finished the video and it answered this question. God bless

[Amy31415]

Despite the annoying hat-blur thing (we just wanna see yer purty face), excellent video, glad you covered the rock thing at the end, because I was going to comment on it!

Here's another source of a small amt of water in the house--your toilet tanks, so keep 'em clean (and NO! I don't mean the water in the bowl, although that's good enough for my dog...)

Thanks for the vids!

[SafeArmsReview]

Yea the toilet bowl is for the dog, the reserve tank is for us.

;)

[Amy31415]

Oh, I did think of another source while I was out watering the plants today--my rain barrel. I only have one 55gal barrel, but I'm planning on two more.

It'd be pretty easy to filter that and treat it with bleach.

So, when I get the other two put in, I'll potentially have about 210 gallons of water between the barrels, water heater and plumbing, not to mention what I've already stored in bottles.

Plus, the rain barrels refill with every rain, so I'd probably use that first in an emergency.

[SafeArmsReview]

Rain barrels are an excellent idea - not only for emergency drinking water, but for gardens too.

You said you have a couple of barrels, where did you get yours? Just curious.

Thanks for the great tip.

:D

BTW if anyone if going to re-roof their house you might consider a metal, fire proof roof - it makes water collection a lot easier and cleaner.

;)

[Amy31415]

My brother drives truck for a living, and he was doing a delivery to a local juice plant and noticed the blue barrels, he just asked them if he could have one that was slightly damaged (warped) and they said sure!

It's obviously a food-grade barrel, which is nice. It's one of those tall blue ones, works great for the garden.

Oh, and just so people know, I live in an urban/suburban setting-if you have a yard, it can be done.

Next project is the compost heap!

[SafeArmsReview]

yea I know the barrels your talking about = nice score. I am going to keep my eyes open for similar barrels.

As for the compost heap, that is something we want to do, but before we do that, we're looking at putting in a garden.

Keep up the good work.

:)

[3091181]

Do you even realize what a service you are doing or is this just for fun? Seriously, this is valuable information that could keep me and mine alive in a disaster.

[SafeArmsReview]

just sharing what I know to help others, no strings attached.

:)

[bruisedhalo]

curious...why clay? wouldnt sand be a better filtrate? Typically more water will pass through clays than sands..not nit picking just wondering. Thanks for the vids.

[SafeArmsReview]

depends on your location - you use what you have.

if you really wanted to get serious you could make layers of rocks, clay, dirt, sand, etc (coarse to fine) to really make a good filter.

thanks for pointing that out.

:)

[playmarto]

It's called soil not dirt lol

[SafeArmsReview]

thanks for the technical update. I'm sure thousands of ppl who were totally lost now understand.

;)

[soccom8341576]

Good video. Very hands-on. I will take that as a backup if my ceramic filter breaks down. I wish there was a way to micro-filtrate the water with some similar way.

Wow, looks like a full-time job for someone, if I need to do this for real.

[SafeArmsReview]

Thanks for the compliment - and yes if the SHTF it could be a full time job to treat water and decontaminate equipment, vehicles, etc.

Lord willing it will never come to this.

:)

[headmark915]

These 3 videos were great to watch. Every person should learn and know how to do these things, and of course pray and hope that it will never be needed.

[SafeArmsReview]

Thanks,

and its not that hard to do.

:)

[moodyarts]

This series was just awesome! I am so glad I found your channel. It explains survival topics in an easy to understand format. Thanks!

[SafeArmsReview]

Your welcome

:)

[llshamelessll]

thanks for a good vid

[SafeArmsReview]

very good tip indeed

:)

[sakinehbs]

thank you, great info, and nice music too , what is the name of this music?

[SafeArmsReview]

your welcome

music came with my imac, not sure of the name.

[AR15Truther]

Unfortunately we may need to do this

soon so sad :(

[cocoacocola]

Thank you for helpful info.

[ishellreal]

Great stuff bro :)

[hartsy50]

Good Video....If it comes down to it ..I would use 2 shovels...ONE to dig the contaminated soil with ....the OTHER one to dig the un-contaminated clay/dirt...To avoid cross-contamination....just a thought.

[jaredcubfan]

hey Thanks alot for these 3 videos they are totally invaluable!!! Now that ive learned some of your tips i feel alot safer storing my own water supply. Your a lifesaver :)

[up43]

For a safer and more effective alternative to soil try ground charcoal. This will remove many soluble contaminants that soil will not.

[SafeArmsReview]

that would work too - charcoal is used in many filtering systems.

Thanks for the tip.

:D

[coolcell1967]

LOL! Got me there Steve show best to post at the end of the video not when the question pops in your head. Rock question has been answered. Thanks

[coolcell1967]

Steve what happens if the rock is contaminated when making your fall out filter. You have great info I wish I knew this stuff when I had to go help when Katrina happened. Clean water was our main problem and access to gas was second.

[allenjermy]

Hey Steve thanks for the info,I watched all 3parts and very interesting. I have a beautiful wife and a daughter at home. And i always wonder and worry about worst case scenario's and i want to be able to help my family. Your videos have help be confident in that way. Im am going to stop by and look into more of your postings, please keep them coming.Thank you for showing the things you know about. Very much appreciated. Don Folks Michigan...

[SafeArmsReview]

Your welcome.

I hope to do more vids soon and help those who want to take care of their families.

:)

[SafeArmsReview]

Your welcome.

I just hope my vids can help people - if more people were prepared before events like Katrina, we wouldnt have to rely on the slow reaction of our government.

:)

[Sharimax42]

What about the rocks....how do you know they don't have fall out on them?

[Sharimax42]

Sorry I see you answered the question in the clip. Store some now in a bag in a cool dry place for later use.

[SafeArmsReview]

no problem, but perhaps I should have said that earlier on

:)

[visionvictory]

nice channel and vids :)

[SafeArmsReview]

Thank you for the compliment.

I hope to do more helpful vids like these.

BTW your channel rocks!!

:)

[3andurfree]

Thanks for some great detailed videos. Looking forward to your next video topic. I agree - 5*'s all the way.

[SafeArmsReview]

your too kind - thank you.

I am looking at doing some food storage vids, some stuff on basic weapon safety & other stuff.

thanks for watching.

:)

[ThrasherHunter]

awesome vids my friend thanx

[SafeArmsReview]

your welcome and thanks for the compliment.

:)

[Talexa66]

Great series of videos. 5*'s all the way. God Bless and have a great New Year!!!!

[SafeArmsReview]

Your welcome - I still see where I can improve in my vids, but as time goes on I will keep trying to improve.

thanks for stopping by & watching.

:)