I've got 8 litres But I've just started out prepping. I reckon I can get by on 2 litres a day, though. My short term objective is to get to a place where I have 14 days supplies of everything, so I need to get another 20 litres in. Tesco's, and Asda, do 2 litres of fizzy water at 17p, so that's £1.70. Even on benefits, that's affordable.
Cheers, 2RM.
Omnes qui errant non pereunt Not all who wander are lost
2ndRateMind wrote:I've got 8 litres But I've just started out prepping. I reckon I can get by on 2 litres a day, though. My short term objective is to get to a place where I have 14 days supplies of everything, so I need to get another 20 litres in. Tesco's, and Asda, do 2 litres of fizzy water at 17p, so that's £1.70. Even on benefits, that's affordable.
Cheers, 2RM.
Don't foget ask your friends for their empty bottles, rinse and fill with tap water and an almost free supply there too.
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
Yep, we have one of the highest quality tap waters anywhere in the world.
Straight from the tap and into sanitised recycled bottles is the cheapest prep possible and anyone who doesn't live out of a suitcase can do it.
No or bad water will cause more problems during a Bug-In then almost anything else (assuming your BIL is not under direct threat)
jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
im very into the whole water storage i use the same water you see in offices with the cups ect ect i have the 5 gallon ones we do use a lot of water so i tend to rotate i normally have 10 of these at home just incase there not to bad price wise and they store nice in my bug in room with other preps
i also have 3 water butts around my propperty so that helps to collect the rain water were i live im local to a water ress and a massive pond i use the MSR MINIWORK WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM its cool and cheap i also have around 1500 purification pills
i know a lot of preppers state side through work ect ect and the amoount of times i have had this convo is unbelievable most preppers start with food then sort out bug in or bug out plans without planning for water i personally think water should be first then food/b.o.b
On a slight aside from the water topic, has anybody got a mangle? A few years ago when we had the floods, it rained so much I found it difficult to dry anything. while we were ok for a water supply and I could wash things, getting stuff like jeans, towels and big sheets and quilt covers dry was a nightmare because I couldn't wring out the vast amount of water these things soak up and took several days to dry, even indoors. Couldn't do it outdoors, constant rain!!!! rather too late (at the time) I realised we should buy a mangle to squeeze the water out. We were running out of clean bedding, as our daughter was poorly and was sick a lot. This used up our spare clean stuff. Just in time, the weather cleared up, normality was restored and our washing machine could be used. Despite all the food, drinking water, petrol, spare meds and preps yada yada and all the clean laundry I'd done before, we lasted a pathetic two weeks in our first "disaster". Cringe. So there we go. If you want clean pants WTSHTF get a mangle!!!!
ForgeCorvus wrote:Most of my local surface water sources are likely to be contaminated with agri-chemicals (Nitrates, pesticides and herbicides) or 'farmyard run-off'. My nearest river is still tidal, so I'd have salt to contend with.
Pollutants such as agri-chemicals etc are a problem to be sure - but there are worse things. Google up Weils disease - you do not want that. Any river or stream water has to be considered suspect. You need to boil it as well as filter it unless your filter is very good and filters out viruses.
Hi everyone have you heard of the lifestraw? I just bought one and its a truly amazing little gizmo! It weighs ounces and it can filter 1000 litres of water in its lifetime. So if you drink 2 litres of water per day it should give you 3 years water supply! It has a 5 year shelf life. They are wanting £25 plus delivery for it in the UK but if you buy from amazon.com in USA it costs £18 inc delivery. I think its amazing and excellent if your on the move all the time.
But I've just started out prepping. I reckon I can get by on 2 litres a day, though. My short term objective is to get to a place where I have 14 days supplies of everything, so I need to get another 20 litres in. Tesco's, and Asda, do 2 litres of fizzy water at 17p, so that's £1.70. Even on benefits, that's affordable.
