If your unsure about purchase bottled water...

[jontte]

thanks mate
there are some expressions that I don't understand so I need to ask.
Right now I'm damn glad for my excellent tap-water and having a freshwater stream 500 yds from where I live, if something happens I won't die from thirst

 

[Silent Earth]

We are in a similar position with loads of rain, plentiful rivers, aquifers, lakes etc, our house water comes from the giant Kielder reservoir in Northumberland, from lake to tap and pure with it. At the other end of the spectrum and UK they say that Thames water which supplies all of the greater Londonistan area passes through on average seven sets of kidneys before it reaches the sea !!!

 

[Maverick]

save money just get 3 berkey ceramic filters and two 5gal food grade buckets and make your own filter, I done this for a while now!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mevl34QxpX1rpjlkw.jpg

 

[jontte]

it'is something like a blessing with good fresh water, I could drink that water from the stream by just a quick boil, one reason why I hate when citys don't do a correct watertreatment and let their shit go in untreated

 

[tc556guy]

I only keep a few flats of bottled water in the house for convenience sake more than actual prep. Those larger water stocks I maintain are in 55 gallon drums.

Years ago my Guard unit kept leftover flats of water from recent call outs in the supply room along with extra cases of MREs and Jimmy Deans for anticipated future state calls outs etc. What we found in the long run was that after being on the shelf for a couple of years those flats of water were largely unpalatable.

 

[jontte]

but it wasn'tpolluted in any way?? just the taste a little bit shit?

 

[jontte]

Maverick, that filtersystem you built,was it an easybuild??
that would be something for me too

 

[Maverick]

Maverick, that filtersystem you built,was it an easybuild??
that would be something for me too

they are very very easy to build, instructions all over the internet

https://www.google.com/search?site=.......0...1c.1j2.48.hp..2.28.1919.0.bDXi2mkFcEw

 

[Silent Bob]

save money just get 3 berkey ceramic filters and two 5gal food grade buckets and make your own filter, I done this for a while now!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mevl34QxpX1rpjlkw.jpg

I have a Royal and Imperial Berkey, both work great, just need to prime them. Also, I've built the ones you recommend Maverick and don't have any problems with them either. I would recommend that if you buy the Berkey filters to buy a few additional large sealing washers for it...saves if you have a leak at the thread to add one more. They still work great. Personally what I would also for either filter, run it through two of them, when your dealing with green or brackish water.

However great post, Maverick. Thanks

 

[Maverick]

I have a Royal and Imperial Berkey, both work great, just need to prime them. Also, I've built the ones you recommend Maverick and don't have any problems with them either. I would recommend that if you buy the Berkey filters to buy a few additional large sealing washers for it...saves if you have a leak at the thread to add one more. They still work great. Personally what I would also for either filter, run it through two of them, when your dealing with green or brackish water.

However great post, Maverick. Thanks

All mine came with rubber washers and nuts and did get a few extras

 

[jontte]

thanks friends, though I have a watertreatment plant 1 mile from me,if something would happen...I could use that small stream 500yds from me and fix my water with a system like that, water should be clean enough 'cause salmon thrive in that stream

 

[Gazrok]

A little flavoring (think MiO and others) can go a long way to making stale water taste ok. Of course, we rotate our water every 4 months. I always have some flats of bottled water stored for drinking. We also have 55gal drums for storing water in various places, as we need it in different places.

 

[Maverick]

I only keep a few flats of bottled water in the house for convenience sake more than actual prep. Those larger water stocks I maintain are in 55 gallon drums.

Years ago my Guard unit kept leftover flats of water from recent call outs in the supply room along with extra cases of MREs and Jimmy Deans for anticipated future state calls outs etc. What we found in the long run was that after being on the shelf for a couple of years those flats of water were largely unpalatable.

What were the 'flats' made of? Water in of itself doesn't go bad unless the container gone bad allowing contamination in the water.

 

[Silent Earth]

Flats of bottled water does not go off unless contaminated, its just gone slightly de-oxygenated, all it needs is a good shake to reinvigorate it.

 

[Silent Earth]

FYI some PLASTIC BOTTLES are used to store water which DOES give them a shelf life as the chemicals in the plastic leach into the water after a couple of years ESPECIALLY if left in sunlight. These chemicals I am told (UNCONFIRMED) can mimic hormones, other as supposedly linked to causing cancer. Long term water storage should always be stored in containers purposely designed for long term water storage, POP bottles are not suitable for LONG term someone said on another forum.

 

[Brent S]

What were the 'flats' made of? Water in of itself doesn't go bad unless the container gone bad allowing contamination in the water.

The water we drink has been around since the dinosaur days, it just keeps getting recycled. Both mav and NR are correct as to what it is stored in and in what conditions. Cool and dark is always best, as is a food grade container. My take on water is you need some on hand. I've had a few times in my lifetime when a faucet didn't work, and it was really nice to be able to brush your teeth and flush a toilet. However, I think that having at least a couple ways to filter water is the best way to go. A stored supply is nice, but too many things can go wrong, like theft, fire, contamination, evacuation etc. Having the ability to continually have safe water is far better.

 

[Silent Earth]

Even though most UK water is of the highest of quality and all tap / faucet water is potable there has been incidents over the years of E Coli, Typhus, Cholera, Lead and aluminium poisoning in the supply so in this household ALL water used in food and drinks goes through my Berkfield first, has done so for 18 years now.

Even in the United States of Glock the chances are you are more likely to be taken out by water borne disease than be shot, a suitable HIGH quality water filter ( gravity fed) should be the first purchase BEFORE your beloved guns.

 

[Maverick]

Even in the United States of Glock the chances are you are more likely to be taken out by water borne disease than be shot, a suitable HIGH quality water filter ( gravity fed) should be the first purchase BEFORE your beloved guns.

Totally agree, securing clean water AND a means to filter water comes before anything else!!

 

[tc556guy]

What were the 'flats' made of? Water in of itself doesn't go bad unless the container gone bad allowing contamination in the water.

The flats were your typical single serving bottles in flats of 20-something bottles per flat.
the water didn't "go bad" but it acquired an unpalatable taste or flavor that made it undesirable
If it were life or death sure the water would have been useable, but under the circumstances it was easier for the unit to dump their stockpile and order new.