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Post by missasip on Jul 18, 2013 12:02:46 GMT -7
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Post by thywar on Jul 18, 2013 12:59:22 GMT -7
yessir.. me and Mr. Berkey and Lake Tenkiller.
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Post by dtucker on Jul 18, 2013 15:54:19 GMT -7
Yes, I think we would. I have a lot of water put up and we have a few ponds around here one is about a mile away the other about 3 miles away. I even save my bleach and detergent bottles (when I bought detergent). And I buy my shampoo by the gallon so I save those too. The water that is put in those is for cleaning or washing.
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Post by garret on Jul 18, 2013 16:19:07 GMT -7
plenty of rainwater in the tank at the moment, in fact it was running out the overflow last night so thats 2,000 litres (or 1,000 gallons) plus i have just been offered a second tank from a friend who is swapping out his smaller tanks for bigger ones so hopefully that will be another 5,000 litre storage soon
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Post by olebama on Jul 18, 2013 16:28:29 GMT -7
about 150 gallons in rain barrels, plus the potable water on hand (I guess about another 20 gallons). So, not as good as garret, but I would be good for a while.
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Post by marc on Jul 18, 2013 16:42:40 GMT -7
plenty of rainwater in the tank at the moment, in fact it was running out the overflow last night so thats 2,000 litres (or 1,000 gallons) plus i have just been offered a second tank from a friend who is swapping out his smaller tanks for bigger ones so hopefully that will be another 5,000 litre storage soon A bit closer to 528 US gallons. (Or 439 Imperial gallons)
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Post by marc on Jul 18, 2013 16:45:54 GMT -7
.................................................................................................................................................... Would you be able to handle 3-5 days with no water? Jimmy Yep.
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Post by angelhelp on Jul 18, 2013 16:49:05 GMT -7
We'd muddle through ok If school was in session, I could see it canceled for the duration due to lack of water for flushing.
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Post by marc on Jul 18, 2013 17:56:56 GMT -7
.................................. I even save my bleach and detergent bottles (when I bought detergent). And I buy my shampoo by the gallon so I save those too. The water that is put in those is for cleaning or washing. I use a lot of bleach for my aerobic septic system because it's part of the disinfection process of the effluent tank. I refill those heavy duty bleach bottles with drinking water. They really hold up well. Some are in my garage, some at my shop and some in other places that I store other emergency supplies. I don't know about long term degradation of the plastic, but the first jugs from four years ago are still intact and the water looks OK. If you are concerned, just rotate the old one's out over time. Marc
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Post by garret on Jul 19, 2013 6:44:52 GMT -7
plenty of rainwater in the tank at the moment, in fact it was running out the overflow last night so thats 2,000 litres (or 1,000 gallons) plus i have just been offered a second tank from a friend who is swapping out his smaller tanks for bigger ones so hopefully that will be another 5,000 litre storage soon A bit closer to 528 US gallons. (Or 439 Imperial gallons) doh yeah, thats right it is 4 litres to the gallon not 2 (or there abouts)
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Post by graf on Sept 25, 2013 12:19:43 GMT -7
I'm ready, bring it.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Sept 25, 2013 12:36:21 GMT -7
Yep, absolutely.
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Post by woodyz on Sept 25, 2013 14:18:11 GMT -7
We have a minimum of 650 gallons stored at all times without ever leaving the area around the house or using the well. At least 5000 gallons with in a 1/2 mile just counting neighbor's pools.
We have been rain poor here the last couple of weeks but got some today and some on the way.
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Post by mrmike on Oct 7, 2013 4:58:12 GMT -7
Water is one of my major weak spots. We have swamp and streams near by but nothing stored. Our town water supplies 450 homes and is on generator back up. I am the lowest and first point on the system which is good and bad. Its good in that the storage tank drains back to me. Its bad in that if one of the three wells gets contaminated I'll be the first to know. I have been thinking about stored water but don't know really how to go about it. Event the rule of thumb 1 gal per, per person is a challenge. With 6 people a 2 week supply is close to 100 gallons (84) and a gallon per day doesn't get you far.
We do have a well on our property though the water quality isn't very good, it would require filtering. It is drinkable, just nasty. For what we pay for town water I was thinking of bringing the well back on line away way. I think a filter system would be less expensive in the long run. This still doesn't solve my storage problem though. Another idea I had was to put a hand pump on the well. The water wouldn't be filtered but it would be accessible.
For storage, rain barrels are an option. I need to replace the gutter on the back side of the house, this would be a good opportunity to channel the water into barrels. Still need to store readily accessible drinking water though. I was thinking of gallon jugs from the grocery, they are only 89c each. Do I really want 100 gallon jugs kicking around? Even with that its still only 2 weeks of potable water. Then there is the question of rotating stock.
I dunno, lots of ideas. None of them seem super practical.
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Post by cowgirlup on Oct 7, 2013 5:41:19 GMT -7
Water is one of my major weak spots. We have swamp and streams near by but nothing stored. Our town water supplies 450 homes and is on generator back up. I am the lowest and first point on the system which is good and bad. Its good in that the storage tank drains back to me. Its bad in that if one of the three wells gets contaminated I'll be the first to know. I have been thinking about stored water but don't know really how to go about it. Event the rule of thumb 1 gal per, per person is a challenge. With 6 people a 2 week supply is close to 100 gallons (84) and a gallon per day doesn't get you far. We do have a well on our property though the water quality isn't very good, it would require filtering. It is drinkable, just nasty. For what we pay for town water I was thinking of bringing the well back on line away way. I think a filter system would be less expensive in the long run. This still doesn't solve my storage problem though. Another idea I had was to put a hand pump on the well. The water wouldn't be filtered but it would be accessible. For storage, rain barrels are an option. I need to replace the gutter on the back side of the house, this would be a good opportunity to channel the water into barrels. Still need to store readily accessible drinking water though. I was thinking of gallon jugs from the grocery, they are only 89c each. Do I really want 100 gallon jugs kicking around? Even with that its still only 2 weeks of potable water. Then there is the question of rotating stock. I dunno, lots of ideas. None of them seem super practical. We don't store a lot of water in the house. We don't have a lot of space and the rotation is a PITA. I have a few 6 and 7 gallon gallon water storage containers from Walmart and a couple of the soft sided ones that maybe hold 5 gallons each. I have a few random misc bottles also. We usually have a couple of cases of the small bottles. 40 gallons in the water heater, another 20 in the well reserve. I spent the money for a Berkey filter since there is a small stream on the property and a larger one across the road. I have some other options for purifying water. Don't count on the gallon water jugs from the store. They will degrade over time and leak. We do have 2 rain barrels that we could use if necessary. Unless it absolutely stops raining or snowing we should be able to get by. The only major concern would be some type of airborne or radioactive contaminant.
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