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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 13, 2019 18:59:04 GMT 10
Are you trying to be as prepared as possible in case an emergency arises? I’m right there with you. The older I get, the more I feel the need to be prepared in case disaster strikes. One of the best ways to be prepared is by having long-term water storage in place. As humans, we can only go for three days without water. Another scary fact is that sometimes when disaster hits, water could become contaminated. morningchores.com/emergency-water-storage/ |
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Post by frostbite on Apr 13, 2019 19:51:39 GMT 10
My water storage solution didn't even make this internet expert's top 16.  |
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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 13, 2019 20:38:55 GMT 10
Yeah, yeah, rub it in!!!!!
ATM,mine is an old windmill shaft, into clear, drinkable water.
Once I work on the bol, then I'll have rainwater collection as well.
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Post by Peter on Apr 18, 2019 23:32:13 GMT 10
FFS and FML. If I hear one more person talk about using swimming pool water as drinking water, I'll be going on a rampage.
I know the chemicals that go into pools better than most. I know how quickly pool water turns to utter crap when filtration & chemical maintenance stops. I also know some of the things I've pulled out of pools where the water is so vile you have less than 10mm visibility - including several species of dead, rotting, unrecognisable animal. And remember - filtration won't get all of the crap out of the water, and boiling will simply concentrate the chemicals contained in it.
Pool water should only ever be consumed if you can literally see the Grim Reaper knocking at your door. And even then, I'd be looking at other options if possibly available.
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Post by spinifex on Apr 19, 2019 9:02:52 GMT 10
Yeah, yeah, rub it in!!!!! ATM,mine is an old windmill shaft, into clear, drinkable water. Once I work on the bol, then I'll have rainwater collection as well. Good news! Your water source will be safe following a thermonuclear war as no fallout can get to it. It should also be quite drought proof. At the moment I'm talking to a lot of farmers who have dams that they and their elderly parents have never seen go dry before. |
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Post by spinifex on Apr 19, 2019 9:04:09 GMT 10
FFS and FML. If I hear one more person talk about using swimming pool water as drinking water, I'll be going on a rampage. I know the chemicals that go into pools better than most. I know how quickly pool water turns to utter crap when filtration & chemical maintenance stops. I also know some of the things I've pulled out of pools where the water is so vile you have less than 10mm visibility - including several species of dead, rotting, unrecognisable animal. And remember - filtration won't get all of the crap out of the water, and boiling will simply concentrate the chemicals contained in it. Pool water should only ever be consumed if you can literally see the Grim Reaper knocking at your door. And even then, I'd be looking at other options if possibly available. Aren't lots of swimming pools salty these days as well? |
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Post by spinifex on Apr 19, 2019 9:08:46 GMT 10
The list missed the super obvious and safe storage that is abundant in cities: Hot water tanks. Generally 150-250L of clean water ready for use. Just open the top pressure valve to let air in and use the bottom cold water expansion valve as a tap.
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Post by Peter on Apr 19, 2019 18:05:12 GMT 10
FFS and FML. If I hear one more person talk about using swimming pool water as drinking water, I'll be going on a rampage. I know the chemicals that go into pools better than most. I know how quickly pool water turns to utter crap when filtration & chemical maintenance stops. I also know some of the things I've pulled out of pools where the water is so vile you have less than 10mm visibility - including several species of dead, rotting, unrecognisable animal. And remember - filtration won't get all of the crap out of the water, and boiling will simply concentrate the chemicals contained in it. Pool water should only ever be consumed if you can literally see the Grim Reaper knocking at your door. And even then, I'd be looking at other options if possibly available. Aren't lots of swimming pools salty these days as well? I would guess that about 90% of domestic swimming pools contain 0.3-0.5% sodium chloride. Other salts are present in lesser quantities (eg Calcium chloride is used to maintain a suitable level of hardness, Lanthanum chloride is used to remove phosphates, and magnesium salts are the buzz at the moment and often use outright misleading advertising to increase sales). As for some of the other stuff in pool water, I posted on that - and I can hardly believe this to be true - 4 1/2 years ago. ausprep.com/thread/1913/pool-water-post-crunch-scenarioThis doesn't include a lot of the chemicals you only occasionally see (borates, etc). The Polyhexamethylene giuanide injection system I mentioned has now been removed from the market. New low-salt chlorinators are now available, but haven't really taken off yet. AS3633 has also now been withdrawn (meaning that as no standard now exists, a lot of "experimental" systems & methods are also being tried with varying degrees of success). |
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Post by spinifex on Apr 19, 2019 19:38:40 GMT 10
3000 to 5000ppm NaCl is not as high as I thought actually. A lot higher than the 500ppm max for mains water; but I've sampled water from bores that would be at the lower end of the pool water range. Drinkable but real sh!tty taste. The alkalinity and magnesium content of hard bore waters also make for a mighty laxative too.
As you point out ... pool water has many other artificial substances in it designed to be biologically hostile. Definitely best avoided.
That's a great resource you put together at the pool water post crunch scenario.
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Post by Tim Horton on May 6, 2019 14:24:00 GMT 10
We have the small lake on our place and a part of the swamp that goes with it. There are several small springs places in the system that make it dangerous to mess about on even with 2 meter ice and 2 meter snow on top of that. Moose and such have gone through on occasion.
We also keep a number of bottles of water to be use in the office water cooler type dispenser. We keep a number of 20 Liter blue plastic containers from garage sales on hand. These are more for flushing the toilet. Remember to put the water in the tank, not directly in the bowl as it is a more efficient flush from the tank and uses less water.
When Sweetie runs the pressure canner, depending on the product available at the moment, at times she will have space in the canner. She bottles and cans 1 liter jars of tap water. We have a significant stack of jars in plastic milk crates in the basement cold room.
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