Prepper essentials: What to do if you run out of water when SHTF

disaster.news ^ | 5/11/22 | Zoey Sky

[Roman_War_Criminal]

While stocking up on supplies before SHTF, preppers also need to figure out how to stock up enough water for drinking, cooking and other tasks.

Read on to learn what to do if you suddenly lose access to clean water. (h/t to RoguePreparedness.com)

If you live off-grid, you’re probably used to either having a well or hauling water from the nearest body of water. However, you should also learn how to deal with lack of access to water so you know how much to stock up on.

You need water for drinking to prevent dehydration, cooking, hygiene and cleaning. But do you know how much water you need for your whole family?

It’s near impossible to stock up on a year’s supply of water, but you can at least try to have enough water for one month. Even then, it will be a challenge to find enough space to store a month’s supply of water since it’s heavy and stored in bulky containers.

Before SHTF, stock up on two gallons of water per person and pets per day. How much water you store will also depend on the storage space you have.

[refermech]

Actually I have a water pumping windmill and 3000 gallon water tank. But it is 45 miles from my residence. So that could be a problem.

[fso301]

I had a friend on a hunting trip to Colorado. He drank out of the water coming from a small dammed up creek. He was sick for days!

If you can swim in a body of fresh water for an hour or so with multiple complete immersions without resulting health issues after a day or so, you can safely drink the water.

You just can't completely immerse yourself multiple times without getting the water inside your mouth and subsequently swallowing some of it.

[cherry]

there’s three of us here....we’d have to have 42 gallons for a week....that’s a lot of water....

[CivilWarBrewing]

Can’t possibly be a 20 gallon bottle! Impossible to lift! 5 gallons is difficult to lift!

[plain talk]

LOL nice

[Delta 21]

DIY a pump for that well in the back yard.

[logi_cal869]

Like minds...

[SisterK]

How do you safely treat chlorinated swimming pool water?

chlorine evaporates from the sun
let a bucketful set outside with no lid for minimum 24 hours

[Born in 1950]

I’m remote and terrain protected. One way in. No one comes by accident and it’s the last place the I’ll intended would venture.

Even so, your caution is wise. I’m gonna be a little more circumspect. Thanks on that.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Hell, I live in an apartment, so I am fooked...:-(

[Carthego delenda est]

Everybody has a well around here.

It prolly won’t rain next until mid-July.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I have a waterbob. As long as you have about a half an hour’s advance notice you’re good with that
https://waterbob.com/order-waterbob/

As well as a Sawyer purifier

And 8 five gallon water storage containers

And remember, when the sh*t hits the fan, nothing will go as planned.

[GOPJ]

Liberals don’t have any supplies but last week they bought their first guns.

[GOPJ]

I live in Florida - I’ll let the pool work as a rain barrel and use a life straw to drink the stuff...

[hecticskeptic]

I have two wells but I only use the newer one of the two for water. For a while, I used the second well as part of air conditioner system...It’s a brute and I can probably supply a small town of 5,000 with it if put a bigger pump on it. The older one would still work for water supply but I built a house extension over it several years ago and so haven’t had need to use it...... however, it’s in a good basement and this discussion is reminding me to find a good handpump for it. It’s a drilled well that goes down about 95 feet but the water level is about 68 feet down. Or, I could make a handpump....something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdVw5R4JBfc

[GreyHoundSailor]

Same here - one way in/out and lined with IR alarms. No ATV or snowmobile is getting through the woods easily with all the trees & maple sugaring lines. Have almost three miles of barbed wire ready to deter foot traffic in summer and fall.

[Born in 1950]

Our well water is high quality and good tasting. No filters required. We do have an RO as it produces low ph water which I use for hydroponics.

Home is where the heart is :)

[Born in 1950]

Our well water is high quality and good tasting. No filters required. We do have an RO as it produces low ph water which I use for hydroponics.

Home is where the heart is :)

[Jane Long]

I was wondering why you’re storing the 38 cases of Costco water, if you’re on well water.

We’re on well water....and, we have a cement pond (swimming pool) that we could get water out of....and, filter through our Berkey, if it came down to that.

[Born in 1950]

Because the Costco 500 ml. water is handy and individually wrapped. Easy to transport if necessary. Well pump could fail.

I haven’t read this entire thread but someone must have mentioned rainwater harvesting. Google a rain harvesting calculator. Seems able to satisfy almost any water needs. Don’t know why it’s not a widespread common practice.