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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 541728" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Well, you can buy water preservation tablets and they don't cost very much. But it's not a *must*, you just keep it rotated like you do with any long term supplies. husband was in charge of water before he died. He'd filled I dunno how many milk jugs and dated them. (which is how I discovered the plastic gives way after a while) Once they hit the year mark.......they were used to water the garden. Or it could've been used to flush toilets. Or if I just had to drink it, it would've been boiled well. </p><p></p><p>That's sort of how I got caught with my pants down, so to speak. Those jugs had been used to water the garden. I had the containers to fill with new water.........I just hadn't gotten around to doing them. I won't dilly dally about such things from now on. jeez </p><p></p><p>And I've made certain I have several different ways to make that water drinkable again. I have the preservation tablets AND the purification tablets. I have the volcano stove I gave to myself for xmas, expensive but it uses 3 sources for fuel safely (propane, charcoal, and wood) and I have those fuel sources stored. And I just gave myself a solar oven, it arrived yesterday. So that if it's a prolonged emergency and resources run out, I can still both cook and purify water. Not to mention I'll be practicing with that solar oven all summer to both get good at using it, and to save on my utilities, as well as to keep from heating up the house to cook. </p><p></p><p>I wasn't going to splurge on either the volcano stove or the solar oven (I also have a camp stove I've had for years), but my kids have a tendency to need to come home during disasters. Just like easy child needed to yesterday due to losing power. So I have to be prepared for that too. </p><p></p><p>I don't worry about any of it going to waste. I'm anal retentive over that. LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 541728, member: 84"] Well, you can buy water preservation tablets and they don't cost very much. But it's not a *must*, you just keep it rotated like you do with any long term supplies. husband was in charge of water before he died. He'd filled I dunno how many milk jugs and dated them. (which is how I discovered the plastic gives way after a while) Once they hit the year mark.......they were used to water the garden. Or it could've been used to flush toilets. Or if I just had to drink it, it would've been boiled well. That's sort of how I got caught with my pants down, so to speak. Those jugs had been used to water the garden. I had the containers to fill with new water.........I just hadn't gotten around to doing them. I won't dilly dally about such things from now on. jeez And I've made certain I have several different ways to make that water drinkable again. I have the preservation tablets AND the purification tablets. I have the volcano stove I gave to myself for xmas, expensive but it uses 3 sources for fuel safely (propane, charcoal, and wood) and I have those fuel sources stored. And I just gave myself a solar oven, it arrived yesterday. So that if it's a prolonged emergency and resources run out, I can still both cook and purify water. Not to mention I'll be practicing with that solar oven all summer to both get good at using it, and to save on my utilities, as well as to keep from heating up the house to cook. I wasn't going to splurge on either the volcano stove or the solar oven (I also have a camp stove I've had for years), but my kids have a tendency to need to come home during disasters. Just like easy child needed to yesterday due to losing power. So I have to be prepared for that too. I don't worry about any of it going to waste. I'm anal retentive over that. LOL [/QUOTE]
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