Do you empty/refill very often or do you just treat and leave? and whats the longest you'd leave it?Deeps wrote: ↑Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:40 pmI keep about 200L ready use, 6 25L containers (I've a 7th that I was planning on adding to the stash but I've a half notion to try and conceal it at my fav wild camping site) and other bottles. I also keep several pop/juice bottles/cans of pop/juice and also fresh orange/apple, its stuff we use so I like to store it.
Depending on the whys of you using your stored water will have an impact on your usage. If its a localised mains supply issue then you know its going to be back on or a bowser will turn up. If its longer term then you might have to be more canny with it. One water saving measure is paper plates and plastic cutlery.
As you say, there's no escaping the actual bulk and weight of water, this is where purification comes in.
I was thinking about this as we have a 25L clear water container (the sort you use for camping/caravanning with a tap) that we leave in the van for the dogs to drink, and this time of year i refill it maybe every month, but in winter it can be in there for months.
There have been a few occasions where I've used it to refill a bottle for myself when I've either not had access to a drink or i was too tight to buy a bottle from a shop
and to be fair, even after knowing it's been in there a couple of months, it seemed ok, not fresh tasting by any means, but it didn't make me ill....I agree on keeping the pop/cordial in stores too, it makes things taste a bit nicer and gives a bit of sugar if needed, i also keep some of the powdered carbohydrate & electrolyte mix in too, thats good for stomach upsets/diarrhea, loads cheaper than Dioralyte.
) and I'm going to be conducting an experiment soon........ If I suddenly stop posting you'll know the water was bad.
