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

Having water on hand, storing it and purifying it is all important to preparing and surviving any disaster. Please see the links and instructions below.

WaterBob: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AXLUX2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=y...

CERAMIC WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM & VIDEO
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/CAMP352-1.html

DIRECTIONS FOR PURIFYING DRINKING WATER WITH POOL SHOCK:
* Add 1 heaping teaspoon of dry chlorine (calcium hypocholorite/pool shock) to 2 gallons of water to make liquid (stock) chlorine.
* Mix 1 pint (16 oz.) of stock chlorine to 12.5 gallons of dirty water.
* Let sit for 30 miniutes.
- strong chlorine smell let sit longer or mix between two buckets to areate.
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5 lbs of pool shock makes 640 gallons of stock clorene/bleach.
1 gallon stock clorene to 200 gallons of water.
5 lbs of pool shock will clean 128,000 gallons of drinking water.
*1 heaping teaspoon of dry clorene to 2 gallons of water to make 2 gallons of bleach
1 part liquid clorene to 100 parts of dirtly water which equals
*1 pint of liquid clorene to 12.5 gallons of dirty water
let sit in mixture, clorene will evaperate in 3-4 hours

RATIO OF CLOROX BLEACH TO WATER FOR PURIFICATION

2 drops of Regular Clorox Bleach per quart of water
8 drops of Regular Clorox Bleach per gallon of water
1/2 teaspoon Regular Clorox Bleach per five gallons of water
If water is cloudy, double the recommended dosages of Clorox Bleach.

Only use Regular Clorox Bleach (not Fresh Scent or Lemon Fresh). To insure that Clorox Bleach is at its full strength, rotate or replace your storage bottle minimally every three months.

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[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.

[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.

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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