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Food Storage Made Easy: Beyond the BabySteps: Water: Alternate Sources

  • Connor · 10 months ago
    Okay, you've got me blushing now. That doesn't happen too often.

    Another source: canned food. Many types of canned food use water instead of syrup, so if necessary you could eat some of these cans of food and then drink the (flavored) water.

    It's also a good idea to fill up your bathtub immediately after any "event" such as an earthquake or something that might require you to turn off your pipes due to water contamination, or if the water supply is cut off. This will provide a good amount of water for hygiene and other purposes should you be without access for a while. You can actually buy a one-time-use bladder for this type of thing, but I don't think it's worth the money.
  • CTDaffodil · 10 months ago
    when we were kids we always filled up the tub and my mom would fill the washing machine with cold water if it started to thunder. Sounds wacky and did back then but the year our well house was hit by lightening (took 3 days to replace) and it burned up the well pump - you would be amazed at how fast 2 bath tubs of water can go....and it was used for washing up and flushing only. The washing machine water didn't get used that time -
  • Lorleine B. · 8 months ago
    As I was reading through the vast information on this site I was very interested in the different sources of water you can find. I remember going on a survival girls camp one year and they showed us how we could lash a small tarp horizontally up on 4 tree trunks which were about 4-6 feet apart. You then put a small rock into the center of the tarp which causes the tarp to form a funnel. The point should be about 1-2 feet from the ground. You then put a container of some kind under the tarp at the point of the funnel. At night when the dew comes out of the ground it will collect on the underneath of the tarp, and the water will drain down to the point and into the container. Much easier than soaking it up off rocks.