urban survival water preps

My wife and I just had our first child not that long ago. Now it seems like I have about 30 empty gallon jugs of nursery water in the garage. Can I just fill these back up and put them in the basement, or do I have to clean them out with something and put purification tablets in with them? Also...

Hi everyone, been lurking for a while and learning all kinds of great stuff, getting to where I have a few questions for you more seasoned folks on here. My first is about food-grade water storage jugs. I was trolling my local China-Mart and picked up some 6-gallon "bpa-free" food-grade etc...

Hi there, I laready posted this thread on the international section but thought I would put it in th UK section too. Im new to this site so I apologise if this has already been discussed a lot. Im currently stockpiling food and water for myself, Ilive in a small apartment in a large city, I do...

I just received the latest Cheaper Than Dirt catalog. For all that do not have a water storage system here is a temporary fix. You place the bladder in your bath tub and fill with 100 gallons of water. It is only $20.00. If your water gets cut off you are out of luck but if you have a well and...

A recent thread mentioned a lack of water preparedness so I thought I would post a great way of storing water. The best part is that this is a 100% free prep. When you are done with a bottle of laundry bleach immediately fill it up with tap water and use a magic marker to write the month and...

I'm am preparing for the worst and have decided to have at least 10,000 gals of water in researve to hold me and mine thorugh the long haul, question is what is the best way to preserve and keep clean 10,000 gal when you have no electricity? Also anyone know of some good purity testers for...

A while back I stored water in about 50 2 liter pop bottles. I followed directions from somewhere...don't remember at the moment. I know I used about a cap full (from the two liter) of bleach per bottle. I open one the other day and I can smell and taste a bit of bleach. Is this normal and...

I apologize in advance if this is common knowledge, but I did several searches on this site and couldn't find anything relevant- at least not easily. What's the best kind of container to store drinking water in, and how long will it stay "drinkable?" Is plastic OK? I'm assuming that whatever...

I am planning on purchasing a 1600 gallon potable water tank to be used for local family members ( aka enough water for 1-3 months) / incase of a local wildfire situation hosing down the house. my question is this. what kind of water stabilization methods do I need to consider? I plan on...

I'm trying to figure out the best place to store emergency supplies in my house; My main problem is the fact that the two most likely natural disasters to hit this area are either flooding or tornadoes, both of which require opposite storage locations. If I store in the basement, floods will...

I was thinking about “Large scale water storage”, and I thought of those large plastic garbage cans: Like these............. http://www.uline.com/BL_6756/Brute-Containers--Accessories -------------------------------------------------- And I was considering filling a few 44gal or 55gal...

Kind of new to the survivalist group. I was in my local camping store and they had some of those water storage containers that come in 5, 20, 30, and 50 gallon sizes (blue). They also had some 2.5 gallon ones made by Reliance but those leaked on my when I took them camping. My question, since...