If your unsure about purchase bottled water...

Homesteading & Country Living Forum

Help Support Homesteading & Country Living Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Maverick

Maverick

Awesome Friend
Neighbor
Joined
Mar 8, 2013
Messages
10,652
Location
Washington State - between 2 mountains and a river
I stock up maybe 3 days worth of bottled water. IF SHTF, another 3 days through the apartment's water tanks into a 100gal water bag.

But after that is filter and boiling from the river next to my apartment.
 
Myrrph said:
I stock up maybe 3 days worth of bottled water. IF SHTF, another 3 days through the apartment's water tanks into a 100gal water bag.

But after that is filter and boiling from the river next to my apartment.
Click to expand...
I recently made a 'still' to distill the creek water if I ever need to. I tested it out once and it worked great, but is labor intensive with the firewood and all. At least it's another option if both of the two filters I have fail. Sometime this year i want to get one more kind of filter, but will do it as I can afford it.
 
We stock up beginning of storm season, then just use it outside of storm season, so when stocking up again, all fresh. Even though we have well water, and other water storage, in bottles is just a redundancy, and convenient (and cheap enough).
 
We were without city water for about two days not too long ago when they repaired a line. I broke out some of the 2 liter bottles I had stored with a few drops of bleach and didn't even notice the problem. I probably have 75 2 liter bottles, so there great for convience, but anything longer than a few days and I'm pumping creek water, which involves filtering/purifying. At least I have the option, I feel for everyone in the s.w. With the drought.
 
I don't buy bottled water,we have so good water here so I use our tap-water to fill my bottles,but if things go to hell,I have a creek 500 yds from where I live so that would be my main supply for a while
 
no,it's done at the water treatmentplant already and I rotate them regularly,if I don't drink it it goes for my plants and then it's a thorough wash and refill.
I'm super happy that I have such a good water from tap,only thing I sometimes miss is bubbles :)
 
Last edited:
Water is my biggest concern here. There are no ponds, lakes or streams nearby. I cannot put in a well and space is very limited for large storage containers. I could perhaps put as much as a dozen 55 gallon pickle barrels behind the privacy fence on the side yard but I wonder how long they'd stay a secret in a SHTF situation. I would have to fit them all with spigots at the bottom and set them on cinderblocks, I suppose. To tell the truth, the water here is so bad I'm already trying to figure out how to get a filter to put on the water inlet to the house. Any suggestions anyone?
 
all i can think of in the way of filters.check and see if you can find one that can be attached to the water line outside the house..and also,if you can find a type that you can removed and washed clean.then that'll be all the better.on account you'll be able to take one out.and put another one in.then wash dirty one..
 
LWesterfield said:
Water is my biggest concern here. There are no ponds, lakes or streams nearby. I cannot put in a well and space is very limited for large storage containers. I could perhaps put as much as a dozen 55 gallon pickle barrels behind the privacy fence on the side yard but I wonder how long they'd stay a secret in a SHTF situation. I would have to fit them all with spigots at the bottom and set them on cinderblocks, I suppose. To tell the truth, the water here is so bad I'm already trying to figure out how to get a filter to put on the water inlet to the house. Any suggestions anyone?
Click to expand...

You needing a Filter or Purifier? both Rhino and Pelican make whole house water filters with sediment filters/traps but it may set you back slightly less then a grand
 
Maverick said:
You needing a Filter or Purifier? both Rhino and Pelican make whole house water filters with sediment filters/traps but it may set you back slightly less then a grand
Click to expand...
That's way more than I can afford right now. I want the calcium, chlorine and fluoride out of my water. The PUR filters that attach to your faucets don't remove those things. Calcium and mineral buildup from the water here is pretty bad. Dishes are left with what looks like a dusting of white after washing.
 
LWesterfield said:
That's way more than I can afford right now. I want the calcium, chlorine and fluoride out of my water. The PUR filters that attach to your faucets don't remove those things. Calcium and mineral buildup from the water here is pretty bad. Dishes are left with what looks like a dusting of white after washing.
Click to expand...

For a whole house water filtration system that you are looking for, I don't see anything cheaper unfortunately :-/
 
Maverick said:
For a whole house water filtration system that you are looking for, I don't see anything cheaper unfortunately :-/
Click to expand...
What I'm wondering is if I can find a youtube video for how to build it myself. I'm pretty handy. But some things actually end up costing more to build yourself nowadays. Ah, one thing at a time. Right now, I still have a lot of unpacking to do.
 
Check out Berkefeld water filters at www.arctic-1.com I haven't used them and they are not cheap, but considering what they are capable of, its probably worth it. If you do the multiple barrel route, I'm sure you can figure out a siphon method and only have one raised off the ground with a spigot. If you want to hide them. build a shed- out of sight out of mind.
 
Warriorhealer22 said:
Check out Berkefeld water filters at www.arctic-1.com I haven't used them and they are not cheap, but considering what they are capable of, its probably worth it. If you do the multiple barrel route, I'm sure you can figure out a siphon method and only have one raised off the ground with a spigot. If you want to hide them. build a shed- out of sight out of mind.
Click to expand...



Hey Warriorhealer22, just wanted to fyi.

If you ever buy one (Berkey Waterfilter)...don't forget to prime it. Here is a good PDF. I always review it before I use mine...bought another one the other day, just in case, our lakes hit 5%...going to double treat the water...just in case.

Hope all is well with you.
 

Attachments

  • Water_-_Priming_the_Berkey_Filter.pdf
    177.4 KB · Views: 7
Silent Bob said:
Hey Warriorhealer22, just wanted to fyi.

If you ever buy one (Berkey Waterfilter)...don't forget to prime it. Here is a good PDF. I always review it before I use mine...bought another one the other day, just in case, our lakes hit 5%...going to double treat the water...just in case.

Hope all is well with you.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info, its an item that's on my list.
 
It means there is only the last 5% of dregs left in the water reservoir, I prefer British Berkfield filters cos they don't need priming. Larg bodies of water tend for various reasons to remain much more pure than small bodies of water, less toxic algal blooms, more dilution of bad stuff etc but when a body of water dries up to only 5 or 10% of capacity levels of pollutants start to increase.
 
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
 
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 !!!
 
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 **** go in untreated
 
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.
 
but it wasn'tpolluted in any way?? just the taste a little bit ****?
 
Maverick, that filtersystem you built,was it an easybuild??
that would be something for me too
 
Maverick said:
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
Click to expand...


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
 
Silent Bob said:
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
Click to expand...

All mine came with rubber washers and nuts and did get a few extras :)
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top