Water Water storage

nomifyle

nomifyle

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We have several of those 275 gallon totes that DH (dear husband) stores rain water in. This all has to be purified. I have purification tablets, bleach tablets, some pool shock (does this stuff go bad?) and a Big Berkey.

I also have several large water containers, probably 5 gallons each, that I do not have water in.

I'm asking for suggestions on this, should I have those 5 gallon containers filled with the requisit amount of bleach in them at all times? I could fill them from the water hose and put bleach in them and just store them, and then run that water through my Berkey. Suggestions would be helpful.

I also keep a good supply of cases of bottled water.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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nomifyle said:
We have several of those 275 gallon totes that DH (dear husband) stores rain water in. This all has to be purified. I have purification tablets, bleach tablets, some pool shock (does this stuff go bad?) and a Big Berkey.

I also have several large water containers, probably 5 gallons each, that I do not have water in.

I'm asking for suggestions on this, should I have those 5 gallon containers filled with the requisit amount of bleach in them at all times? I could fill them from the water hose and put bleach in them and just store them, and then run that water through my Berkey. Suggestions would be helpful.

I also keep a good supply of cases of bottled water.

God is good all the time

Judy
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We have 4, 55 gal storage barrels filled with water and put away. When Cary filled them up with the water hose, he added the recommended amount of bleach. It's been our experience, though, that even if you use bleach in the stored water in plastic barrels, it will take on a heavy plastic taste over time. That's why we only use our rain barrels for potable water, not what is stored in plastic barrels.
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

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no reason to store empty water jugs - can't have tooooo much water ...

don't need to treat tap water from a municipal source - you can either treat the water yearly with a bleach booster or just wait until you use it ...
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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Illini Warrior said:
no reason to store empty water jugs - can't have tooooo much water ...

don't need to treat tap water from a municipal source - you can either treat the water yearly with a bleach booster or just wait until you use it ...
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Thanks for that information, the main reason those containers are empty is be cause we have about 10 ICB totes filled with rain water.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior
nomifyle said:
Thanks for that information, the main reason those containers are empty is be cause we have about 10 ICB totes filled with rain water.

God is good all the time

Judy
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the smaller eazier to handle containers should be ready for bugging out and for a SHTF that requires a "no exit" home lockdown ....
 
Toosh

Toosh

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Don't forget an eye dropper for adding clorox. If you are storing pool shock (I am not aware of it going bad) remember to store it in a sealed plastic container with a plastic lid. (Large peanut butter jar.) Nothing metal. It will corrode anything metal. After a while, the plastic bag it comes in starts to break down. I per-measured an appropriate amount for 1 gallon into small craft bags and put them into my peanut butter jar. I figure if I need it, I won't want to spend time measuring.
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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Toosh said:
Don't forget an eye dropper for adding clorox. If you are storing pool shock (I am not aware of it going bad) remember to store it in a sealed plastic container with a plastic lid. (Large peanut butter jar.) Nothing metal. It will corrode anything metal. After a while, the plastic bag it comes in starts to break down. I per-measured an appropriate amount for 1 gallon into small craft bags and put them into my peanut butter jar. I figure if I need it, I won't want to spend time measuring.
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What is the appropriate amount of pool shock per 1 gal of water? We keep a few jugs of clorox, but have to replace that too often, since it doesn't have a long shelf life. I need to get pool shock, instead, if I can find it this time of year. I'll add it to my shopping list, anyway.
 
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SouthernBreeze said:
What is the appropriate amount of pool shock per 1 gal of water? We keep a few jugs of clorox, but have to replace that too often, since it doesn't have a long shelf life. I need to get pool shock, instead, if I can find it this time of year. I'll add it to my shopping list, anyway.
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This is the one I keep printed to give folks:

 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior
Toosh said:
Don't forget an eye dropper for adding clorox. If you are storing pool shock (I am not aware of it going bad) remember to store it in a sealed plastic container with a plastic lid. (Large peanut butter jar.) Nothing metal. It will corrode anything metal. After a while, the plastic bag it comes in starts to break down. I per-measured an appropriate amount for 1 gallon into small craft bags and put them into my peanut butter jar. I figure if I need it, I won't want to spend time measuring.
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best thing for dealing with pool shock measuring and eye dropper dosing >>> baby/kid medicine measuring spoon & dropper - the $1 Store used to have them (pre-Biden) - big numbers and eazy to use ....

keep your mixing & dosing tools - recipe for mixing - MSDS safety sheets - ect ect all sealed up and ready to go
 
Toosh

Toosh

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Illini Warrior said:
best thing for dealing with pool shock measuring and eye dropper dosing >>> baby/kid medicine measuring spoon & dropper - the $1 Store used to have them (pre-Biden) - big numbers and eazy to use ....

keep your mixing & dosing tools - recipe for mixing - MSDS safety sheets - ect ect all sealed up and ready to go
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oh my, yes!
 
Toosh

Toosh

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SouthernBreeze said:
What is the appropriate amount of pool shock per 1 gal of water? We keep a few jugs of clorox, but have to replace that too often, since it doesn't have a long shelf life. I need to get pool shock, instead, if I can find it this time of year. I'll add it to my shopping list, anyway.
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Amazon is your friend!
 
Toosh

Toosh

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The correct amount of pool shock per 1 gal of water depends on the pool shock you purchase. There are different brands and they have different percentages of calcium hypochlorite. I have three bags - one is 56%, 68% and 73%. The percent doesn't matter as long as you mix it to end up with a 6-8% chlorine.

Just remember, it is a product meant to care for swimming pools with great capacities so it makes sense that a tiny bit goes a long way.
 
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SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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Toosh said:
The correct amount of pool shock per 1 gal of water depends on the pool shock you purchase. There are different brands and they have different percentages of calcium hypochlorite brand. I have three bags - one is 56%, 68% and 73%. The percent doesn't matter as long as you mix it to end up with a 6-8% chlorine.

Just remember, it is a product meant to care for swimming pools with great capacities so it makes sense that a tiny bit goes a long way.
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Yeah. We kept pool shock on hand for years when we had a pool. We haven't bought any, since then. I wish, now, we still had our pool for water storage if for no other reason. We had the whole thing dug up and filled in with top soil to have a place for our raised beds and garden area.
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior
preppers get wayyyyyyyyy toooo hung up on mixing pool shock - getting the correct concentrated pool shock (70% plus) for potable water usage is much more important - don't be using the regular stuff loaded with algae this & that inhibitors ....

you don't want too weak a bleach concentrate that it's ineffective (that's hard to do unless your smeller is dead) - don't want your potable ready water smelling & tasting like a swimming pool - don't want your disinfecting solution melting plastic ...

eazy enough fix most of the time - more water >> you mix enough it'll become less measure and more by feel ....
 
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