Comments on: Step 2: Water

By: yanamaria13

yanamaria13 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:08:30 +0000

I just found your website and it's AMAZING!!!…Thank you for all you do….I have a question that didn't occur to me until reading all the comments. Let's say I store my water in soda bottles or any approved bottle to store it in. I'm using bottled Spring Water from the grocery store and us transfering it. Do I store it and never think about it again until I need it? Or if I use tap water do I still need to clean it with bleach if I'm on city water? And if it is water that requires bleach do I do the bleach one time and forget about it? Do I have to rotate the water or purify it every so often?

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:14:41 +0000

We are huge seltzer water drinkers. I always buy the 2 liter bottles and then just recycle the bottles. One day it occurred to me why not use the empty bottles for our water storage? So now, every time we finish a bottle I just rinse it out, fill it up with tap water, and add it to our storage. I've already acquired over 25 gal. of water this way and it's practically free since I already had the bottles.

By: Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:36:26 +0000

Kaytee, I recently came across a product that I think would work well in the car. Check out this link: http://beprepared.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_KW%20S...

Since they are not plastic you wouldn't have the trouble with chemicals leeching. Just make sure not to fill them completely full so they don't explode when they expand.

By: facebook-1594565996

facebook-1594565996 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:20:29 +0000

outstanding information! thank you!!!

By: facebook-1594565996

facebook-1594565996 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:11:07 +0000

great idea!!!

By: facebook-1594565996

facebook-1594565996 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:09:58 +0000

yes. before i had my baby and nursed/pumped and stored my milk in the freezer, my f-i-l actually stored juice bottles of water in th freezer. these would later be used to keep the super sized igloos cold when on an outing.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:59:50 +0000

After reading more posts I see that chlorine would be better. How much clorine do I put in 2 quarts of water?

By: Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:19:18 +0000

Yes a medicine dropper would work just fine

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:47:07 +0000

By drops do you mean like an eye dropper? Could I use a medicine dropper? I have all these apple juice containers I would like to fill with water storage but I don't want to poison my family either.

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:22:14 +0000

I understand the concern about chemicals (I avoid plastic as much as possible), but in the short term of needing safe-to-drink water in the event of an emergency honestly I think that is a lesser concern. I understand trying to find a solution for longer term water treatment or storage but I think for keeping on hand safe, portable, potable water, sufficient for 72 hours, the jugs are probably the best option at this point. Just my $.02