Water Storage basics

Water Storage Basics Water storage is one of the most IMPORTANT components of any food storage plan. There also seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding this topic. Here are the essentials of what you need to know: Water Storage: For disasters lasting up to two weeks you will want to have a good supply of water in your home. You can store water in all different kinds of containers depending on what your space constraints and budget are. View Water Storage Containers - Pros & Cons for a great overview of options. Alternate Water Sources: For longer-term emergency situations, it is a good idea to know where and how you will collect additional water for your family. View Alternate Water Sources for some ideas. Depending on where you get your water you will also need to have a Filtration/Purification plan in place. Water Filtration: Water from a natural source may have dangerous foreign elements in it. Filtering with a carbon or micro filtration filter can remove quite a lot of the worrisome (and yucky) items from the water including Crytosporidium and Giardia. Filters will NOT remove viruses from the water though. Water Purification: In order to ensure your collected water is completely safe, it is important to purify it. You can use a small amount of bleach or simply BOIL the water for inexpensive purification options. Certain products such as the Berkey Water Purifier and the Aqua Pail will both purify AND filter large amounts of collected water in a longer-term emergency. All through March we are going to be covering these topics in even more depth so make sure to follow our blog so you don't miss out on this important information. News / Sales / Events Emergency Essentials: Year Supply of BasicsRegular Price: $899.29, Sale Price: $769.99 Sensible Mountain Preparedness ConferenceDetails: May 4-5 in Black Mountain, NC @ Ridgecrest Conf. Center Highlights From the Blog Homemade Whole Wheat Tortillas (Using a tortilla press/cooker) Make yummy homemade whole wheat tortillas Julie-style Cream Cheese and Jam Cookies made with HEALTHY White FlourA HEALTHY alternative to white flour and Jodi's yummy sugar cookies WE HEART PINTEREST SERIES We invited readers to follow us on Pinterest and shared about this great new way to get ideas on food storage and preparedness by featuring one of our Pinboards each day from February 1-14. Check them all out: Day 1: Food Storage Shelves and Pantries Day 2: Powerless Cooking Day 3: Books We Love Day 4: Canning Day 5: Gardening Day 6: Food Storage Gifts Day 7: Meal Planning/Organizing and Saving on Groceries Day 8: Water Storage Day 9: Emergency Preparedness/How-to Tutorials Day 10: Make Your Own Day 11: Food Storage Recipes Day 12: BREAD Day 13: Food Storage Planning Help Day 14: Products We LOVE

Featured Product Water Bricks are a unique and useful storage solution. Portable / easy to carry Won't crack or leak Stackable floor to ceiling BPA free Stores food or water Can store outside Eliminates food odors Wide lid opening Coming Up Next... Water storage Water containers Water sources Water filtration Water purification YUMMY RECIPES Tip of the Month Since we are covering the important topic of water storage this month, make it a goal to store just a little more. If you have none yet, go fill up a few juice/pop bottles. If you already have some water storage, add a few containers in another area of your house. You can never store TOO MUCH water! Stay in Touch Join us on FACEBOOK Subscribe to our RSS Subscribe on YOUTUBE Follow us on TWITTER EMAIL US