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The suburbs, that is.
Haven’t seen water storage discussed in a while. If it has been please point me to it, otherwise let’s discuss.
I used to have a walk-out basement in my last house and kept about 100 gallons of drinking water I rotated every six months on a rack I built for two food grade barrels, but we moved, and I don’t have that kind of storage space now.
I’m looking at options in the way of filtering water if I can’t store much of it. Looking at Berkey filters.
The CDC, yes, our friends at .gov, recommend a gallon per person, per day. So for me and the wife that would be 60 gallons for a month. To multiply that for my two kid’s households within 30 minutes of me (one in an apartment with SO, and the other in a single family home with a toddler), I’m looking at over 200 gallons to store, or filter, if I can find a source, for just a month.
CDC says to store at 50-70 degrees. My garage faces west, so aside from the 50 gallons in the water heater, that’s out for a storage space. Gets too hot in there for six-eight months a year.
Thoughts and ideas?
Haven’t seen water storage discussed in a while. If it has been please point me to it, otherwise let’s discuss.
I used to have a walk-out basement in my last house and kept about 100 gallons of drinking water I rotated every six months on a rack I built for two food grade barrels, but we moved, and I don’t have that kind of storage space now.
I’m looking at options in the way of filtering water if I can’t store much of it. Looking at Berkey filters.
The CDC, yes, our friends at .gov, recommend a gallon per person, per day. So for me and the wife that would be 60 gallons for a month. To multiply that for my two kid’s households within 30 minutes of me (one in an apartment with SO, and the other in a single family home with a toddler), I’m looking at over 200 gallons to store, or filter, if I can find a source, for just a month.
CDC says to store at 50-70 degrees. My garage faces west, so aside from the 50 gallons in the water heater, that’s out for a storage space. Gets too hot in there for six-eight months a year.
Thoughts and ideas?
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