How To Prepare For Any Disaster Part 3: Water Storage & Purification

[terradactylclaw]

According to the Clorox website, their liquid bleach has a shelf life of 1 year. And most likely it is 1 year so you buy more bleach thinking your old bleach has expired.

[Knutekritt]

We have 100 gallons of these fruit juice 2 liter bottles full of water stacked out of sight in closet corners, cellar, etc...also have some 55 gallon barrells buried deep in ground...we can get at it pretty easily and the water is always cool...

[Knutekritt]

I also like to have some boxes stacked of 2 liter soda bottles or fruit juice containers filled with processed water. We stack them about 12 boxes high in corner of 1 closet...easy to put in frig if there is utilitites and easy to give some to neighbors...easy to put in back pack to take to work or cleanup after disasters...

[LDSPrepper]

@Knutekritt Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

[KodiakPrepper]

I noticed your water barrels are on concrete. The problem with that is the plastic absorbs lye from the cement and then into the water. You should look into it and put some wood under the barrels.

[LDSPrepper]

@KodiakPrepper Great recommendation. Thanks. I'll take care of that.

[MrSaber152]

thank you for sharing the bleach formula!!!! i was aware of pool shock before also from yankeeprepper. i rely like your vids so far. keep them coming



[mkmason2002]

An average adult needs only 1/2 gal. of water a day to maintain life. That is 2 gal a day for a family of four. Which means a 55 gal drum will last about 27 days. two 55 gal drums is plenty, condsider the fact that a water heater has 50 gal. of water too. So the 3 equals 160 gals. That's a lot of water. {However most people use 1 gal with cooking but the minimum necessary to survive is 1/2 gal.}

[LDSPrepper]

@mkmason2002 To stay alive, if you are not pregnent, nursing, in hot or cold weather, physically working or exercising you need 1/2 of your body weight in oz of water a day. For most people that is 1/2 Gal. If you do not meed those criteria and if you want water for cooking and sanitation you will need 3 Gal. Most americans use 30 gallons of water a day. It will be a big shock to go from 30 gallons to 3 Gal. Going to 1/2 gal. is an extreme shcok.

[mkmason2002]

@LDSPrepper You said, "Going to 1/2 gal. is an extreme shcok ." No is isn't, it is 100% of what your body needs to maintain itself.

As a person with a nursing degree, having studied nutrition and electrolyte balance, & I promise you, you only need 1/2 gallon a day to maintain your body, the rest gets peed away. Now of course, if you are sweating in the summer's heat, or exerting yourself you will need more water to replace what is being sweated out. Pregnant women need more as you stated.

[TJ347]

Are those 55 gallon drums food safe and airtight? I'm thinking about getting one, but I'm concerned about the lids on some of the ones I've seen online not being airtight enough for long-term storage. I'm currently using 5 gallon buckets, but they're taking over my place!

[LDSPrepper]

@TJ347 They are food safe and airtight. Thanks for asking.

[mkmason2002]

@TJ347 Emergency Essenials and Sam's Club sells them. Make sure you buy a wrench and siphon. I'd buy one per family member. Also buy a large tarp, roofing nails, wide, 10 ft. PVC piping. Nail the tarp to the roof before a rainstorm, funnel the tarp into the PVC pipe, secure the pipe into a rain barrel. Cover the bottom of the PVC piping with a pillowcase to filter out leaves. Filter H20 w/ a 1 micron water filter, {I get mine @ fastfilter } I've gotten 55 gal. in 10 minutes in a decent rainfall.

[tennesseecoin]

Anyone can order the drums from sams club online 65.00 includes bung wrench pump and aquamira treatment 65.00 plus 14.00 shipping

good video

[LDSPrepper]

@tennesseecoin Excellent. Thanks for sharing. I found mine used on Craigslist for $20 each. I just cleaned them out and filled them with fresh water. They had soy sauce in them.

[GaryMule]

So basically pool shock will give you a lifetime of clean water.

[LDSPrepper]

@GaryMule It sure will clean a lot of water for sure.

[hakunamakarla]

help !! I did the pool shock in my water, and it made my water cloudy. what happened?? I added what was recomended, and when I added i to my gallon jugs of water they all turned cloudy. when it settled to the bottom there is a white dust floating on the bottom of my jugs. why did the pool shock do this??

[LDSPrepper]

@hakunamakarla Sorry to hear that. I don't know.

[hallard069]

To increase the coolers use especially if it's going to be kept in a static location, I've put that 2" thick pink insulation foam around the sides/top & duct taped the seams. It turned a 5 day cooler into a 8-10 day cooler for blocked ice easily.

[LDSPrepper]

@hallard069 Great idea. Something to keep in mind and on hand.

[TheHuntersTX]

LDSPrepper, where did you get the blue 55 gallon drums from? Im local to the same area you are and have not been able to find them at a decent price.

[LDSPrepper]

@TheHuntersTX $20 on craigslist.

[Ejahi]

That water bob sounds like a great solution. I think I might look into that one.

[LDSPrepper]

@Ejahi I hope you do. It is nice to have on hand.

[rchopp]

Great info, just one comment that might help your viewers don't forget if your using 55 gallon barrels have a way to get the water out, shaker hoses work well for the task. just a thought.

[LDSPrepper]

@rchopp I love shaker hoses! Thanks for commenting. One more reason to use 275 gallon totes. :)

[anubisleader719]

One caution to give to your Subscribers is that when you mix HTH with water the content will be 14% bleach where as regular household bleach (Clorox) is only 5% bleach. So do not think you can use the HTH mixture for cleaning your clothes

[LDSPrepper]

@anubisleader719 Very true. Thank you for commenting.

[greatwf]

never saw a water bob before, thanks!

[joatmaster0]

To protect your instruction sheets you might want to go to the office supply store and get some full sheet lamination sheets and laminate the pages.

[LDSPrepper]

@joatmaster0 Great idea. Thanks for the recommendation.

[cebimderevolver]

3 gallons a day? That makes almost 15 liters. İf one drinks 15l a day that person has to be a hippo! You should be storing for emergency not for party. When in a disaster you wont think about bathing that much apary from a quick wash down. Even a wipe down. You are storing too much for 1 person. That whole drum should last a family of 4 for more than a week. İ think you've calculated wrong. Plus if you have to move from your location, what then? Re think your plan.

[LDSPrepper]

@cebimderevolver LOL. Just some facts. An average American uses 20 gallons of water a day. Some say as much as 50 gallons. In an emergency you will probably working harder then you do now. I know I did during hurricane Ike. A lot harder. Thus you will need more water. Even if you didn't work harder you still need water to cook food and some for sanitary uses. Now, of course I could be wrong. Please do me a favor. Go 7 days with only using 3 gallons of water a day and let me know how that goes.

[oldgeekster1]

@LDSPrepper - Just as I'm confident you are, I am taking what some would consider extraordinary precautions to keep my supply of pool shock absolutely dry and inaccessible. All it takes is a little moisture for it to become a very hazardous chemical. For others google "Safe Storage and Handling of

Swimming Pool Chemicals". (Would you believe mine is inside an old cooler with the top sealed and a warning label?) ;-)

[LDSPrepper]

@oldgeekster1 Awesome. I know they are inside a sealed plastic bag. I'm glad you are being careful with it. It is very concentrated.

[oldgeekster1]

Leading question - where are you storing your pool shock?

[LDSPrepper]

@oldgeekster1 In the garage.

[wyattoneable]

I enjoy your videos LDS, espeically the neighborhood prepper meeting. Your well organized with some good ideas, thanks for posting!

[LDSPrepper]

@wyattoneable Thanks for viewing. If no one watched the videos they wouldn't do anyone any good.