Storing water for emergencies

[Exile_D]

Can you store water in these things for a long time (years)? Or will they pick up chemicals, smells and/or tastes from the plastic?

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[fieldgrade]

I’ve got a bunch of these. I rotate every six months. 7 gallons

 

[turkeydance]

yes, you can store water in them for many years.
yes, they will "pick up" smell/taste over many years.
however....

the sanitary aspect are the openings.
for drinking water, the screw-on caps
and the threads on the container
need to be kept clean. if there
is an expansion/vent plug, it too.

although the smell/taste is noticeable,
in a SHTF situation, this is a minor concern.

 

[IrishCannon]

I clean my caps in bleach water, add a little bleach to the water itself, and consider it good. I would likely run any of the water through a Katadyn pump filter or carbon gravity filter before drinking anyways.

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[CZfool68]

Can you store water in these things for a long time (years)? Or will they pick up chemicals, smells and/or tastes from the plastic?

Stackable WaterBrick 3.5 Gallon Containers

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I’ve got a stack of those in a closet. Just dumped the old water and refilled them last week. I have 1 with a leak and I need to come up with a way to re-purpose that one. Not sure how to fix it and still make it safe to drink from.

 

[Catfish]

I buy gallon jugs from the grocery store. Easy to store, cheap, portable, and the jugs are useful for other stuff.

 

[Exile_D]

Bumping this with a question regarding all the sites/folks that say to treat the water with a drop of bleach and/or clean the containers with small amount of bleach too. Is this the stuff they are talking about or is it something else?
I thought I read something about the "color safe" stuff being the wrong one to use, but this says ColorMax. No idea if that is the same thing.

 

[REELDOC]

Bumping this with a question regarding all the sites/folks that say to treat the water with a drop of bleach and/or clean the containers with small amount of bleach too. Is this the stuff they are talking about or is it something else?
I thought I read something about the "color safe" stuff being the wrong one to use, but this says ColorMax. No idea if that is the same thing.

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[Infamous1]

Bumping this with a question regarding all the sites/folks that say to treat the water with a drop of bleach and/or clean the containers with small amount of bleach too. Is this the stuff they are talking about or is it something else?
I thought I read something about the "color safe" stuff being the wrong one to use, but this says ColorMax. No idea if that is the same thing.

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Its the correct stuff. I was also taught not to use the house cleaner version, no splash thick or the for colors versions. I think this is just advertising.

 

[clay_fv]

I bought two 150 gallon tanks designed specifically for storing water, and they also came with water treatment drops, silver based, that keep the water safe for 5 years. "Biofilms" are the larger issue with storing water in these over the course of years.

For water treatment, I have several packs of "Potable aqua" water purification tablets, chlorine dioxide being the active ingredient. I believe I also have some colloidal silver drops. Plenty of options you can order on amazon, they don't cost a lot.