7 steps for emergency water preparation 

Don't forget that most canned vegetables have sufficient water in the can for heating/cooking. When draining the liquid after cooking veggies, I save it in a quart canning jar in the refrig. adding to it during the week. Then once every few days I use it for making pasta, rice or a base for soup/stew.

My father always stored water in two.liter soda bottles in the garage. As youngsters we thought he was quirky. One day their was an announcement to boil water as a storm caused excess water that the treatment plant could not treat. We checked at the store and all bottled water was bought. The shelves were empty except for seltzer water. When we got home we went gleefully to the garage and brought my Dad's bottles of water into the house. He never said a word. But the expression on his face said it all.

My girlfriend has 10 years of food storage. She's 80 years old. Each year she donates a years worth of food to the food bank and adds new food to her stock. She said she will always do this. She has 3 months of drinking water and one year of water for showers and dishwashing. She rotates her 3 month water supply every month.

A pop-up tent can be a great way to capture rain water as the top canopy can be inverted to act as a giant funnel. Probably cleaner than capturing off of a roof.

Under the "where do you store it" tab. It's fairly discreet to run a rain gutter (or two) through the wall of your house into your basement. No need to connect it until shtf or run a splitter so it can run outside into the ground or inside to your tanks at your discretion. Benefits of having that inside the basement is you can greatly reduce how much sunlight can reach it. And it's hard for overhead cameras or outside prying eyes to spot them

Our cat died a year ago,and rodents showed up.We were in a drought and they chewed up gallon jugs of water I had stored in the basement,even chewed thru my water hoses to get to the residual water.Had to use poison,which I don't like to do.Another cat definitely needs to be in our future.But in drought situation this has shown me what the wild critters will do.

I use 6 stackable 5 gallon containers (figure about 1 per day for our family) for drinking water stored in the garage and repurposed 5x55 gallon barrels for non potable water uses outside. It's a strange sense of satisfaction once you have these preps in place! Thanks for the video.

I am currently not a prepper mainly because I'm still a kid but I definitely wanna be one in the future

I used to represent a major water company. Do not use the 5 gallon containers that are delivered to the home. People store meth/gasoline/pee in them. Cannot get them clean. Go to the paint department of Home Depot. Look on the bottom of the plastic buckets. A "2" means food grade. You can get the more expensive twist on lids and use the cheap containers for storage of other items than water. Do not bother rotating your water unless you have something visual growing in it. Chlorine loses potency starting at about month 3. Get the PROPER pool shock. $7 a pound. Treats 17,000 gallons. Understand that filtering is not the same as purifying water. Moreover, nothing is going to effectively remove heavy metals/radiation. Do not store in soft drink 2 liter plastic bottles. The plastic will not last indefinitely in storage. Use the UN single two liter pop bottle is purify, but not filter "bad water". Use a coffee filter to filter some of the garbage out. Concept used in third world countries. Takes 6-8 hours of direct sunlight. Find on youtube how to make a dual 2 liter bottle solar distiller. The bottles are inverted with a plastic pipe going barely into the lower bottle and way up to near the top (really the bottom of the inverted upper bottle to catch the vaporized water. The caps are drilled to have the tube run through and glued together. When the good upper bottle is nearly full, you simply unscrew the lower bad bottle. Then you invert the good bottle right side up and unscrew. Bingo, you have clean water. Then you cap with an extra cap you have handy. Find

Great information. I bought a Berkey system a couple of months ago and I love it! I ordered the Big Berkey (2.25 gallon), but it was out of stock. The company offered me the Royal (3.25 gal) for the same price. Of course I took it. 😁

Wanted to add one personal experience in regards to pools as a water source. Grew up with a pool in CA and thought of it as a backup plan. When an earthquake struck nearby, it cracked the pool and 80% of the water was gone in a few hours.

FYI: You CAN go longer than 3 weeks without food. I've personally gone 4 weeks on just water and I had begun that fast at a normal healthy weight. I never missed a day of work during that time and most work days I took a 30-minute walk during my "lunch" break. Granted that there were times when I felt weak, but those would pass. Most people these days have no idea of how far you can stretch yourself when needed. Also, all too many people in America are overweight, so they could probably go much longer than I did. And research is proving that fasting is actually a very HEALTHY thing to do. In fact, it is much healthier to fast than to go on short rations. So make shelter, water, fire your top priorities. The food can wait. If food is scarce, it is better to go without than to ration; your body will go into protein conservation mode (autophagy) to prevent muscle wasting, but autophagy gets turned off once even a small amount of protein is ingested.

I saves a ton of money on 55 gallon drums. I called the water municipal and asked for some they gave them to me free of charge. They had the purification chemicals they use to clean our tap water. They gave me other sizes too give em a call especially if you pay water bills.

Packets of baby wipes will save gallons of needed water.

IF you experience water emergency, the most important thing you can do to isolate your homes water supply is to SHUT OFF the main valve at the water meter. This way your water stays in your house's plumbing to drain for your use. IF you don't shut it off, contaminates from outside can enter your last water OR depending on your elevation, your water can be siphoned out of your house. You can access your entire plumbing remaining water is to open the highest valve in your home, go to the lowest and drain what you need. Your hot water tank drain valve may be the lowest water valve in your home. Air will enter the high valve, and water will drain out the low valve. Regularly drain a little water out of your hot water tank. This keeps the valve in good shape and not crust over, and also drains out any contaminates in the bottom of the tank as the tank ages.

To all my fellow Texans, HEB has their gallon water bottles for $0.68!!! Stock up now before the price goes up. 16 gallons for $10.00 is a hell of a deal.

Great resource. I have the Lifestraw as well as one other water filter for emergency situations. I started buying the Kirkland water bottles from Costco. For the low cost of $3.99CDN, you can buy a package of 40x500ml bottles. They stack well and are easily moved around. More recently, I have been eyeing the empty 4000 gallon cistern that forms part of our garage floor (no town water when my house was initially built) and I have been considering resurrecting that entire system with a view to cleaning out the cistern, pumping out the water and topping it up! Using one gallon/person/day that would last 800 days. Either way, its an improvement over designing water availability for 90 days...

I'm very happy with the WaterBrick containers. Each one holds 3.5 gallons of water, and they interlock to each other when stacked. So they are great for your home, and even when filled, they can be transported fairly easily if you must bug out!

I've lived with no hot water before. To bathe I heated a gallon and half in a huge coffee pot. Poured it into a bucket with 1 1/2 - 2 gallons cold water. Put in a splash of hydrogen peroxide and used a 32 oz cup to pour over myself in the rv shower. Shampooed up and soaped up. Then rinsed. Japanese style shower. It can be don on 3 gallons total. To cook and drinking water for myself a cat and chicken, plus cleaning took about 2 gallons. So I now plan 5 gallons per day is more realistic. I get free food grade buckets at my local bakery, 3 1/2 gallons. To get the frosting smell out of them I wash and soak them in white vinegar water and dish soap. These lids are so good, I had to buy a bung wrench to be able to open them. I have about 30 of these, stacked 3 high, max. In the bottom of my closet and in the living room. I put a long board on them and covered them with attractive fabric. There is enough bleach in them from our water treatment plant to keep the water good even though I change the water out every year. I have a Berkey to filter it anyway. If it tastes stale aerate it. Pour it from bowl to bowl, allowing it to catch oxygen in the stream from the pouring process. You can always buy a water bob if you know a storm is coming. But it blocks the tub. Buy a small blow up kiddie pool to Japanese bathe in. It is easily emptied into a bucket and poured down a drain. I also keep a few cases of bottled water around for ease of use and sharing in disaster. 5 minutes ago

Great vid and quality. I did want to point out a few items. You mention containers should only be PET or PETE. Those blue drum and containers you show are neither. Most likely they are HDPE, PE or PP or another variant of polyethylene(PE) or polypropylene(PP). Also polycarbonate(PC) is fine, don't believe all the hype on the BPA but PC will have traces of it. More important is ensuring it is food grade or FDA approved to ensure purity of the plastic. On the issue about storing the drums direct on concrete, its the lime in the concrete that has the negative impact long term on the plastic. It will cause it to become brittle and allow it to eventually crack and leak. On your hot water tanks, to ensure max amount of usable water drain some water out a few times a year to flush the sediments and other junk out of the bottom. Pick up a piece of RV water hose to make your life easier. Also if you can find a food grade rubber hose those are also great but expensive. DON'T use standard garden hose for potable water. Yes when we were kids we used to drink out of them all the time. But those were the good 'ol days when things were made here in the USA using quality materials. Now days this stuff is made in asian hole in the walls where the PVC is often loaded with things like lead, it's high in heavy metals and other junk. So just remember that before you slurp on the end of that hose. Also note, liquid chlorine will only last a few months sitting on a shelf before it breaks down and basically becomes salt water. Check out Clorox's site if you don't believe me. If you can store some pool chlorine powder, that stuff will last indefinitely.

I appreciate your willingness to cite your sources AND to include necessary links.

You are a fantastic teacher! Thank you, for the clear concise delivery about each researched topic you present.

And for those living in areas like I do, remember you can boil that snow for washing clothes, doing dishes, and if you know how, drinking. Been there and done that... Julia

As always, a great video. In an emergency, we have found that harvesting rain water yields the best results. 1/2 inch of rain on a 1000 sq.ft. roof can yield up to 550 gallons of water. We have a metal roof, which is better than collecting rain from an asphalt roof. We then pour this water into our Big Berkey water filtration unit for our drinking and cooking water. We also use rain water to flush toilets. We are looking into a more advanced system of collecting rain water, that will have a charcoal filter system, along with a UV Filtration System. In addition, we will then have that water connected into our household plumbing, powered by a Solar Powered Pump. We also store water in other ways, for those periods of no rain, should our rain water supply be depleted. We also have a well. In addition, we have several Katdyn and Mini-Sawyer water filtration units, in our packs. We recently ordered a couple of Berkey Water Bottle Filtration Systems. One is none, two is one and three is better and so on! "Water is Life!" ☺

We got a Berkey last year! It makes me feel a little better that you're recommending it too.

I collected used laundry soap bottes from the laundry rooms where I live. Cleaned them out and put a few drops of bleach in each bottle, and refilled. This is the water storage for the toliet. They are clearly marked toliet only. I used 2 liter pop bottles to store drinking water. Everything is dated and rotated evry six months.

I have a rain barrel water collection system and use this water directly for watering plants, drinking, and cooking. The water for drinking and cooking is filtered using a reverse gravity Berkey system. I keep (4) 50-60 gallon food grade barrels in a cool area of my home up on concrete blocks to enable us to get the water out easily. I put about a shot of bleach in each barrel after it has been filled up. The barrels are rotated in and out so our water supply isn't older than a year or so. When we are ready to drink the water, it is filtered in the Berkey as is our outdoor 110 gallon rain barrel. We have enough water on hand for 3-4 months depending on how many people we have here. Presently 2 of us live here. What I don't have is 5-7 gallon heavy duty plastic containers for an emergency if we have to leave quickly. That is a great idea and one that I will be implementing soon. Thanks for your video, much appreciated!

I live at a rainy area. I always have rain barrels at my backyard, I use the water for housing cleaning, and laundry in daily life. I can save my water bills but in case of emergency, it can be my drinking water after careful handling.

Great video! This is the second one I have watched from you. I appreciate your calmness and the well thought out "layout" of your videos and narration. Thanks so much for sharing.

Got a pretty good tip for ya. I have four water barrels catching water outside. I use a very inexpensive emergency blanket, the ones for a dollar, to tarp them with. That works great to keep sun off. There not in direct sunlight but it keeps heat off. Works great. I do temp checks you would be amazed. Stay healthy and God bless 😊

Just installed two large rain barrels, and I'm filling and storing water containers after each rainfall, keeping the level low in the barrel. Also, we invested in a Berkey water filtering system, and it's amazing. It's a beginning.

I got a Berkey, Sawyer Mini, Survivor Pro filter and a steripen Opti that covers in house and if I'm out walking around. Also good to carry some coffee filters if you're out in the woods you can dry them out after using them and they will be great for starting a fire

This is a great video I live in south Texas and it's hurricane season. So I'm getting ready before a storm enters the gulf keep the videos coming I'm sure they do a world of good thank you so much

Excellent tutorial! I use the FEMA recommendation of 5gal/person/day. A month's supply would require 11-55gal drums. Apartment dwellers are limited by the weight-bearing capacity of the flooring, and space.

Excellent video! We use water bricks, the titan ready water system and gallon bottles of spring water picked up at the grocery store. We love our Berkey! Even with all this I'm always looking for ways to store more water. I want a rain catchment system, but have fears about spillover and damage to the foundation of our home.

One of the more thorough water prepping videos I've seen. Well done

I, too live in the desert. The southwest high desert in NM. Therefore, water is a vital resource to capture and store. A family unit of five- 2 Adults, three four-legged companions (dogs), I've managed to store six weeks worth of water @ 5 gallons of water per person (per day) and 1 gallon for our pets. This volume will address our HH needs- for hydration, cooking, and heigene at a bare minimum. I have chosen the Katadyn TRK drip Ceradyn Gravity fed filter for processing our drinking water. For back-up and mobility, I recommend the Solarbag water filter and Steripen Ultra. I felt encouraged to hear- you where working on a water harvesting catchment system. That is a project I've started- currently have set up 3 -55 gallon barrels. An additional step plan, is to install two- 275 gallon IBC tank to the harvesting system. I'm also, working on attaching a filtering system to the catchment using Zeolite sand. As a new subscriber, may I ask if you'll address the topic of off-grid sanitation? Looking forward to your next video. Thank you for this informative video. - MJ

I like water barrels lifted up on platforms because that gives easier access to the spigot at the bottom.

Hallo from Israel!! I've being watching your videos for a while, they are very informative and easy to understand. One of the things I haven't seeing is about storing food and watter for pets and how to care for them in an emergency situation. I belive that most pet owners won't want to live them behind. Thank you.

Chris this by far is one of the best educational videos I’ve watched for water storage! Thank you!

Since I live off-grid, and take my advice from my own real-life experiences, I must make a correction. I can't remember the name of the agency (back in the 1950's) that suggested 1 gal./person/day, but from my own experience which has now lasted more years that I had ever expected, it is almost impossible to exist long-term in the winter months on 1 gallon/day. The summer heat can greatly multiply that number. The bare minimum, without going crazy and giving-up on life is 3 1/2 gallons/day, then add another seven gallons/day if you wish to do laundry with an extremely efficient laundry system.

Hi City prepper the more I watch the more I like! I agree after extensive research I purchased the big Berkey I got four filters we use two filters in our house for every day drinking water. I purchased a second big Berkey with a Nother four filters that I'm keeping for an emergency. So I have six filters in my preps. My thinking is in an SHTF I will be a very valuable resource to others if I can hand out a few gallons of clean drinking water to other people every day. I have a very large pond and to wellheads on my property. I also have hundreds of coffee filters to pre-filter the water before I put it in the Berky.

People worrying about corona but they don’t realize how there’s a food shortage coming up

I have the same space problem and was reluctant to store water in the hot garage. You made me think two different kinds of water. Drinking and cleaning/flushing. Thanks.

On the subject of the hot water heater idea mentioned I have 2 things to contribute. 1. Obviously be careful if you use it while you still have power. If you pull the exhaust to get water out of it. That is meant as a relief valve and will spray out forcefully everywhere and will burn you. 2. If you are in a power out situation and the water is warm or cold, it is a very good idea to boil it or use it as non-potable water. Over time debris and who knows what from the city line get deposited in the bottom of your tank. There are cases of people who drink cold water or even hot water out of their tank and get sick from a parasite or bacteria. The most common is Legionella. It causes a whole mess of things you don't want during an emergency. When your water is cooling off in that tank it will go through a perfect warm temperature stage in which bacteria and parasites can thrive. So yeah, be careful around the water heater, and boil that water before drinking it.

Great video! Very informative as a single mom. Thank you for sharing ☺️

The Waterbob (on Amazon) has a 100 gallon capacity you can fill up in your tub. This gave us peace of mind when we had forewarning that our water utility might be impacted as we had here in Texas a couple of days ago.

Thanks for the great video!!, To move my 55 gallon drum around I use a furniture dolly from Home Depot, there about $20-40 dollars. A quick couple of cuts to fill in the middle and your good to go!!

GREAT video! It told me everything I could've (and did) needed to know and it answered all of my questions. It was SOOO helpful that you included all the links - I'm getting prepared! Thank you so so much for this awesome video! :)

Good video! Regarding bleach: Clorox recommends 4 drops of UNSCENTED bleach per quart of water, or 1/4 tsp for 1.75 gallons of water, then let it rest thirty minutes before using. Properly treated water should have a slight chlorine odor. Use only plain bleach (and it doesn't have to be Clorox brand). Regarding emergency water storage: if you don't have the blue containers, your bathtub will work in a pinch. The average bathtub will hold ~80 gallons of water. You should clean it first with soap, water, and bleach, then rinse it thoroughly. Fill it completely, then use it for washing and flushing, and maybe cooking where you will boil the water first. Add 11-1/2 teaspoons of bleach to the 80 gallons of water if you're going to be using it for consumption purposes, then stir the water. Regarding use of toilets: when water is scarce, the rule is, "if it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." With no running water, there is no way you should be flushing your toilet every time you use it. If you can pee outside safely, do it. Save your toilet for pooping. (remember to stock extra toilet paper!) You don't need clean water to refill your toilet's reservoir. if you're unsure how much to add to it when refilling, take the cover off the reservoir and look at the level when full. Mark that level with a Marks-a-Lot pen, then use that mark as your guide to refill it. Remember, 3 days without water, and you're a goner, and your end won't be pretty. Do NOT drink water from your gutters or a downspout, either.. It is estimated almost 4 million people die of bad water and the bacteria in it every year; there are at least 10 types of bacterium that can be found in impure water that can and will kill you. Here in America, our guts won't tolerate bad water at all since we're so used to drinking nothing but pure water all our lives. You've got to have pure (potable) water for consumption. Once power goes off, in the city the water towers will run out of water in less than a day or so, as it takes electricity to refill them. If the power goes out and you have reason to believe it's a widespread/regional outage, start filling your pots and other clean containers with water. This includes filling your tub(s). Same goes for you rural folks. If you can't run your well pump, you need to find a way to get and purify water.

No I didn't know to store water out of the sunlight! What vital information. Thank you!

Something to consider, the Berky replacement filters run about $100 for two. Using a pair of these filters and a couple 5 gallon buckets will make an expedient filtration system for about $200 less. Not pretty, but if you are on a budget, it would work. Side note, to test those filters, run water with red food coloring in it through, no other color. They will filter the coloring out.

Good video and good advice man, water is a vital part of anyone's preps. I shall be bugging in to begin with if anything should happen and I have water stored and 'static' filtration methods such as a Berkefeld. It's also important though to have small, lightweight portable solutions such as lifestraw and Sawyer mini etc to make safe water that you 'obtain' or collect. Each individual in a group should have a personal water filtration system and know how to maintain it and how to pre-filter and make safe water.

Good information. Thanks a million. My covered water tanks with spigots on the bottom store water for general use. In a pinch can used for drinking after UV treatment from the sun. Because of the water spigots it is easy to drain and rotate the water out on a monthly basis. I do save some rain water and it is filtered via a two stage sand filter for general use. If SHTF and is really needed needed for drinking, it is stored in glass containers and left out in the sun for a day and UV rays to kill the germs.

Thank you so very much for this right on time video... Bless you and your family always!

I'm from PR...very useful information now that our island is having so many small earthquakes...I've been into prepping for years. Thanks for the vd.

I can tell you all about Flint water I used to live in Flint and I moved away from Flint do to it making me sick I am still feeling the effects of the poisoning I got from the water and it's not fun. I do live in a new town now right by a fresh water lake and well water I am feeling better now I just wish my dad would of survived to be here to .

u can build a rootseller and store your water that way and if you have the money put in a well with a hand pump

My parents always had an osmosis filtration system in our home. We've loved it! Planning on getting one after hurricane irma blows through where I live

After about a decade of use, I finally just gave up on the British Berkfeld. Now using a Sawyer. Much happier. Not ideal (I don't think there is an ideal filter) but so far I've been happiest with the Sawyer.

I have stored water in my garage in Southern Kalifornia/Northern Baja Kalifornia for YEARS! As long as you use treated water (bleach in my case), store out of sunlight, and fill the containers as much as you can, the water will last forever. Water does not spoil. It will get stale, algae could grow. Mine has not done neither. You can filter, treat, and re-oxygenize the water prior to drinking to be extra safe, but again, water does NOT spoil!

There are many different ways to store water. Underground cisterns can be made and built. You can also buy large water tanks for home storage above 500gal. If I had a home I would use a combination of all the ways. The best part about the larger tanks is you can use standard piping and replaceable filters to filter out that stored water. The filters go down to 1micron in filtration and can be bought for $15 a filter. You can bring a 650gal tank where ever you go. But it would be a great idea if you plan on bugging in.

Great video. Other means of storing water I would like to point out is 275 IBC totes. These are usually used to store cooking oils in. Do not get the ones meant for lubricant storage. As far as a water filter. Using an alternating layering of sand, clean rocks, and activated charcoal in a 5 gallon pail with a small hole drilled to empty into a sterile container works too.

I put my 55 gal container on wood too. I also wrapped them in that foil bubble wrap, i think its called Reflectix that i bought at lowe’s, then after i wrapped the sides, i created an overlapping top, to completely seal it up and be able to remove the top as needed. But i wrapped it to help keep light out, ensure the temperature can be stabilized and lastly, keep and dirt and dust off of it so i’m not potentially going to contaminate my water when i have to open it. Unfortunately i have to keep it out in the garage since i have no space in the house, so what i did is even more important.

I'm a water prepper too. Good advice:)

How to make quick water: 1. Get a pot and put a cup and water around it in the pot (do not drop water into the cup) 2. Turn the pot cover upside down 3. Heat it 4. You are now distilling water!

thanks for the tip on an inexspisive shot gun. Im retired and am not able to work but I have been building up on my prepping as much as i can; thanks for the videos

These vidoes are so useful, and intriguing. Very thankful to learn all preperations!

Please PRE-FILTER any non potable water prior to using the Burkley or other filtration system. You DO NOT want to gum up and greatly reduce the life of your (EXPENSIVE) Burkley filter. I run non potable water through a 5 or 1 micron sediment filter first!

You mentioned the Black Berkey filtration system as quite expensive, but in the long run they are the cheapest of all. And for me, even cheaper as I looked around ...and instead of purchasing the ones with the fancy containers; I bought one online for $63 with two food-grade buckets with screwable lids and a spigot. All the holes were ready just like you were buying the fancy ones. It has the same Black Berkey filters which go for approximately $55 for one ...or two for $107. I've been using my 'Bucket Berkey' system for four years for all of my drinking and cooking needs (and for my large dog) and the water quality is still as high as ever. It is a little bit slower now than when I first got it, but as soon as I get around to using the plastic scrubbing pad I bought at the dollar store, it will then be as good as new. $63 vs 200-500 seemed like a great deal to me ...and I'm always looking for the biggest bang for my buck. GandolfTheWise

Absolutely the best water storage video I’ve seen.

We've been drinking Carlo & Rossi Merlot that comes in a heavy-duty glass jug, then filling with minimally treated water when we are done with a jug. Over the years (decades) we have amassed several hundred gallons of water that is free of environmental contaminants--from a regularly tested deep well. We also rotate the water, using it in the garden and refilling, regularly. There are several methods we will use before using it for cooking or drinking. I'm happy that the water isn't sitting in plastic and isn't full of the normal contaminants of urban water. We son't rely on it, but it's nice to have.

We have (28) 5 gallon sealed water bottles currently in storage right now from a clerical error on the part of a water delivery company who kept delivering water (3 bottles a week) for 2 months after we stopped service, so we figured its a good start to keeping a reserve. Plus, they are easily portable and able to be given to friends/family in an emergency.

Hint: When treating water with bleach, add powdered Gatorade or Tang to the water lust before consuming to kill the yucky remaining bleach taste. Most commercial bottled water is treated with ozone prior to bottling. Kills bugs.

Placed my 55g outside under my treeline out of direct sun. this should be ok. Just make sure you have a water filtration system as a backup. Great video. learned alot.

I live near a surplus store and they have 55 and 6 gallon containers that held wine in them. They are perfect for water and very reasonable in price. They are easily cleaned out and they smell great! I also prefer Seychelle water bottles for short term but also have a few Sawyer Mini filtration systems. I am on a very low budget so the Berkey system is out at this point but if I had the money I would have one for sure.

Depending on how much fat you have stored, you can go a lot longer than 3 weeks without food. The world record for going without food is 388 days! Look it up.

Put cardboard in between each flat of bottled water to prevent bottles from crushing due to uneven weight.

Thanks for the tips! I just got my hands on a huge spot fresnel lens for free from an old tv and some copper line. I'm currently making a powerful still run entirely by the sun. Free fresnel lenses are all over the place in old projection tv's. There are cool videos about making a still powered by these huge magnifying glasses.

Excellent tips & info! Thanks for sharing your findings on the subject.

*_MOST IMPORTANT PREPS for STORED WATER:_* Get a few of the best gravity-fed ceramic water filters & a pressure cooker & you'll never have to worry about keeping stored water *_"good"_*. Get a few the largest dehumidifiers so you can pull water *_right out of the air!_* Get enough solar power to run your dehumidifiers in the event of grid down. He covered some of these points. Awesome video!

If you are in to soda like I am, I would recommend saving the 2 liter bottles and rinsing them out a few times and rinse out the cap too, and adding water. This is also lighter than 5 gallon containers for people like me with bad backs.

I go to a local sausage smoking company for 55 gal. white polyethylene barrels that came with food grade vinegar in them. They sell them empty and rinsed for $20. They clean and rinse out easily. I shake some hot water with baking soda in them then rinse with pure water. Some, I cut the tops open with a sawzall, insert a brass garden hose valve 2" from bottom, and use them for fermenting beer in. The sides have markings every 5 gallons. Open like that they clean and sterilize real well with scotch brite scrubbers, hot soapy water, and bleach solution before hot water rinsing. 1 mil. painters tarps, taped over the barrel top with clear packaging tape, close the tops well enough to use them for primary/secondary fermenters (combined) for 40 gallon batches of brew. Set them on a sturdy counter or bench and gravity drain them through the hose spigot right into your kegs (or 5 gallon pails, if you're bottling...). Gotta still have fun if shtf....

I keep two Sawyer micro filters on hand. Msr makes great filters too.

The problem with relying on chlorine for keeping your water pure is that the chlorine will evaporate out relatively fast. Unless you're lightning-quick about sealing your water, I doubt you'll be able to keep enough inside to suppress microbes. For the cell bio lab classes I've taken, whenever we wanted to prepare water for supporting life (and didn't care about keeping it sterile) we would leave it out overnight open to the air, to let the chlorine dissipate. I don't know how long it takes for chlorine to dissipate, but I'd guess it's not long enough.

Excellent video. I like that you mentioned that it is a myth that you can't store water containers on cement.

Very useful and informative video. Unfortunately, most people don't think about, or plan for, "worse case scenarios". Hence, plots for "catastrophe" genre films and TV shows. From time to time, they flush the waterlines in cities I have lived in, here in the Northeast, U.S.A. That has encouraged me to store a few one gallon containers of tape water. I empty them, and fill them with fresh tape water, every so often. One can only hope that some thing like a weather emergency, will not last long, and emergency services will be available at some point. Obviously, it is wise to have canned food, and non-perishable food stuffs like dried pasta and rice available also. Lastly, don't forget to have a sturdy manually operated can opener also! ;-)

Vital information, thank you for doing this research and sharing it with us♥️!

I put anti- mice packets all around my water supply, mice hate the smell. You can also keep mice out of your vehicles with said packets. Had a mouse chew through a bottle of water in m vehicle prior to this discovery.

Thanks for the video. Be aware that the "water preserver" is just sodium hypochlorite, also known as unscented bleach.

the tap water here where I am in Indiana is chemically stable for 150 years. Truth. Did gobs of research on it. For us here it would be better to keep the tap water in glass or food safe containers. Just adding my experience with my local tap water. Love your video. Thanks for the work.

Thanks for all your videos - excellent resource !

Where I’m from rodents don’t bother us as I put dry mint down. Used mint tea bags work just as well

Informative..thanks..

You can also use an acid based sanitizer to clean the containers. I've been using Star San for years brewing beer and use it to sanatize my water storage containers before I put water in. It's food-grade, foaming, and you don't need to rinse it.

Thank you, may God keep you and yours , through these crazy times. ✝️

Man I wish I was ready like you. I have no room in my place I live in a small 2 bedroom apartment and I’m a hoarder but t Tati think I’m hoarding the wrong things

I've been stocking up on powdered water to save on space.

Berkey filters are expensive but if you are handy you can but the filters it uses and make your own filter out of food safe buckets. I did mine and i have been using it for the last year or so. Also if you put water on the sun for a hole day the uv rays will kill the bacteria. You will still need to clean the water from dirt though! 😃

So far so good for you in unselfishly sharing! God bless