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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Water Storage

February is Water Storage Month at our house.

Your water can become unusable at anytime. For 300,000 people in West Virginia a chemical spill made all tap water undrinkable. How fortunate were those with water storage.

The minimal amount you should be storing is a 3 day supply of a gallon per a person per a day- 3 gallons per a person and per a pet.  It is recommended if you can store more to do so.  Ideally you would want 2 gallons per a person per a day for a 2 week period of time.  This would included drinking, cooking, and washing.

Our apartment is small so we decided to store 2 gallons per a person for 3 day, or 18 gallons of water.  We used old juice bottles.  We also put a gallon in our car for emergencies (car overheats, you overheat) and a case of bottled water that gets used on trips and camping and what not.  Water is one thing I always want to have.

Make sure you rotate your water storage with fresh water every six months.





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