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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper are you wondering what are the best kinds of containers to
stockpile extra drinking water for your emergency survival and prepping supplies we know
that water is one of the most important prepping items that you can stockpile that you
need lots and lots of fresh drinking water you're also going to need water
for other purposes such as dishwashing hygiene sanitation things like that if you really
think about it one of the things that we would miss most if it stopped running
today shtf emergency would be the water we need to stockpile at least a gallon of water a day per
person for each person in your family and the more water you can stockpile the
better off you will be first you want to look at water that you can buy that you grab and go
can bring it home put it on the shelf and store it but you need to think about
the different kind of containers that it comes in if you choose these little disposable
water bottles they're nice for grab-and-go easy to use share stockpile bug out bag soda bottles are safe to reuse
but they're not very sturdy they disintegrate and if the plastic is
breaking down in the container it may very well be breaking down and adding
things into your drinking water contaminating water so while it's a good short-term storage use of water
don't refill these disposable water bottles unless you absolutely have no other choice try not to store
too much water in these flimsy water storage bottles look on your cupboard kitchen shelf you probably
have lots of reusable water bottles water storage containers so you want to look carefully
at the lids cups and bottles that have a flip-up lid that are like commuter cups they're fine
if you're just taking water for a short drive in your cars but these tend to
leak aren't going to be airtight so they're not going to keep your water
from evaporating so when you choose some of the water containers from your shelf
make sure you find water bottles that seal up tight they have a way that you can store
them with water and even if they get knocked over they're not going to spill and leak the water those
are going to be great cheap free water storage containers they're sturdy they're long-lasting you can fill these
bottles up have water on hand for emergencies rather than just
filling up your shelf with empty bottles fill them up with something that's
useful to you plastic bottles that flavored water and sodas
come in are a much sturdier than the little water bottles but there is a
concern because they do have an odor that remains from the product if you
have empty drink bottles that were just like a flavored water usually they don't have any kind
of a lingering odor fill those up with water they're great if you have something like
a soda that has a strong flavor it's nearly impossible to get the flavor
smell out of the plastic soda bottle does that mean you shouldn't use it to store water not necessarily are
you going to need water for flushing the toilet washing your hands rinsing a dish
you can still fill these up with water because they're cheap free long lasting water storage containers just don't
use these as your only reliable fresh drinking water because you aren't going
to want everything that you cook or drink to taste like the remnants of the
soda but they're great to fill up and where to store them put under the kitchen sink under the
bathroom sink or store them up out of the way just so you have extra water on hand
that's why it's also great to get heavy-duty
containers that held items like vinegar or bleach they're very sturdy and cheap free
long-lasting you can store those full of water this can also be water that you
store away for extra water to have on hand and not necessarily the first water
you would go to to drink you can remove the original labels and make sure that
you label your water as such so that there's no confusion what you have in your prepping emergency supplies stockpile you
can also store water in your freezer then you're going to have the frozen
water helping to keep your freezer running as efficiently as possible when
it's full and in a power outage it'll help the foods remain frozen longer and
then should everything thaw out you have some containers of fresh water that you
can use for drinking hygiene or washing make it a priority to stockpile water
you can start small with cheap and free containers you have around the house and as you
have more time money and resources you can buy some five gallon
fifteen gallon even fifty gallon water storage containers to make sure that
you are going to have the things you need in an emergency situation of all kinds
having enough water in any kind of an emergency can be a real priority make it
one of your top prepping goals to stockpile as much fresh water as you can
so that your family will have the things they need no matter what comes your way
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