Good start to water stock

[San Antone RR]

it's only illegal if you sell it you can make all the beer, and wine you want...

I brew. Over 200 gal/year and you're considered a business and are supposed to be taxed.

 

[jtriron]

I need to start this stock pike adventure too. Just don't know which liquid to start with.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I need to start this stock pike adventure too. Just don't know which liquid to start with.

Most Pike prefer water.......

 

[TangoUniform]

I like that good old tap water. It already contains most of the pharmaceuticals you'd have to pay for at the drug store.

 

[Jakashh]

Wow, totally the opposite. Nestle couldn't be any nastier and the other two are my preference. Interesting.

Drinking Aquafina and Dasani literally, and I mean LITERALLY, makes me feel like puking after I finish the last drop of them. Nestle (and sometimes ozarka) are the only water that don't taste like Jenkem to me.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Drinking Aquafina and Dasani literally, and I mean LITERALLY, makes me feel like puking after I finish the last drop of them. Nestle (and sometimes ozarka) are the only water that don't taste like Jenkem to me.

Never tried Jenkem myself......

 

[DaRedneck]

 

[Texas1911]

So..... is it better to store water in a cool dark place? Away from sunlight? Is the experation date of any use? I would like to know because I would like to begin storing a water supply for emergencies. What is the best way to do this?

If you are trying to inhibit bacteria then you want to avoid sunlight and moisture.

The reason why you can't guarantee a shelf life for water is that you can't guarantee that the water itself is bacteria free as well as the container. Medical grade saline supplies are irradiated to sterilize them, you could use a similar process if you had the machinery, but even then you'd just be buying time.

I will say this ... stockpiling a few weeks worth of water and rotating it is not a bad idea at all. Small emergencies like dry wells, tornadoes, flooding, etc. can happen and it'll come in handy.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I give up.....



.......at DaRedneck!

 

[Skip]

I'm thinking of stockpiling alcohol and bartering for what we need...

 

[Texan2]

NOTHING beats boiling water, and it requires no chlorine, iodine or any other disinfectant.

Some truths are immutable.

Collect all the water you can store, and have the means to boil it for about twenty minutes before use.

Last I checked, no pathogen yet known can survive 212 degrees for twenty minutes.

If any one knows better, please advise.

Be well.

Boiling may be best but in a situation where you were using emergency water, means to boil may not always be available.

 

[shortround]

Boiling may be best but in a situation where you were using emergency water, means to boil may not always be available.

Please re-read post. If you stockpile water, you should also stockpile the means to boil that water.

Be well.

 

[jtriron]

I'm thinking of stockpiling alcohol and bartering for what we need...

All ready on it sir.

 

[Jakashh]

Never tried Jenkem myself......

Nor have I, but I imagine Aquafina tastes about as bad as Jenkem would

 

[TrailDust]

Okay, this thread officially compelled me to drain and refill some of my 30-gallon storage containers. Thanks for the reminder....

 

[Wolfwood]

I brew. Over 200 gal/year and you're considered a business and are supposed to be taxed.

OMFG

we need a brewing subforum.

>=)

 

[Steve M]

Not to get off the brewing angle, but something that really works in a pinch for water is a driven well. Basically you pound in your own well in your back yard. No, this probably won't have the pressure to run your dishwasher, in Central Texas probably no pressure and you will have to pump, but it does give access to the local surface water table. When you see old windmills these are usually the type of well underneath them. They used to be the standard for country houses, but now everyone expects 45psi/400gph so they get deep wells drilled. Be aware your local government may or may not have registration and other requirements in place, but it's a lost art worth knowing about.

Driving a Wellpoint

 

[shortround]

If you have a private well, keep that close-hold.

The authorities want to control every aspect of your life, especially a water well.

Be well.

 

[RetArmySgt]

If you have a private well, keep that close-hold.

The authorities want to control every aspect of your life, especially a water well.

Be well.

In and around Houston they are starting to meter private wells.

 

[jocat54]

I get paperwork a couple of times a year wanting me to register my well--ain't going to happen.