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philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:07 pm I have two backpacking water filter pump devices. I store a lot of purified bottled water with dates on the caps. Plus I have bottled tap water in used bottled water containers for washing or filtering.

The first time you dip a backpacking filter into a creek you know contains bugs, and drink the water after filtering it, but you have no other choice, is right up there with some other scary things you have done.

I also have iodine tablets, but their not for the water.

I grew up in rural Arkansas. I can't tell you how many times I drank water directly from a spring coming out of the ground. Some of the best tasting water I've ever had. Unfortunately those are pretty rare around here.

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:51 pm Questions like "how much water should I store" are very good reasons to COOHMP. Personally, we have a LOT of bottled water stored, but it’s nowhere near enough. There can never BE enough, for the 6 of us who live here and and being located in suburbia, without there being a steady source that’s independent of the water grid.

Our next step is to buy a couple (to start) of 275 gallon water tanks and connect them to our rain gutters. We'll then run them through a Berky filter for drinking. Otherwise we'll use it for taking spit baths and watering the garden.

But ultimately, we still need to "come out of her my people" and find a rural property with its own well.

I'm looking for rural land currently. And garden water is part of the planning process. I've been pricing storage tanks. Part of what I've been wanting was a french drain into a tank burred for use as a cistern. I hadn't worked out the specifics of making it potable yet.

I am curious about your calculations for water though. Having spent time in the desert. I have a water cooler for our drinking water. Slowly I've been increasing the number of 5 gallon refils we have. My Fiance noticed when I got to 8, and wondered how many more I was going to get. I explained that having more gave us a longer cushion if things got bad. I'm thinking with 15 or so I should be ok for a while.

Years ago I had a friend who was very much into prepping. Almost to the point of being the tinfoil hat paranoid type. I keep enough dry goods and portable food on hand to last a few months. 4-5 if we stretch it, we'll survive but will be tired of beans.
He kept pushing me to store more food. Trying to get me up to at least a year's supply. I told him I didn't need to do that. 3-6 months would suffice. He was dumbfounded. He asked me how I came to that conclusion. I told him I stockpile ammo and other toys. If things got bad enough we would need to move to more dependable positions. And I can't transport all the defense items and more than 3 months food and supplies at one time. Besides when it came to that point those who could defend themselves would be better off. Jokingly I told him I know someone who hoards food. Those with guns would have the food at that point. His response wasn't fit to be repeated in this forum. LOL