water storage

Just built off grid cabin and my Winter project is a pressurized water system. I have access to a well nearby. My idea was to have a 200 gallon...

I'm very happy that we are not in a grid down situation, where we have to fend for ourselves, or keep others at bay. But, our most of our current...

Greetings Fellow Primates: Please correct me here, if I am wrong. But, I believe a household chemical, chlorine bleach, like Clorox, has a...

One thing I never liked about cisterns was how you end up with a nice layer of gunk in the bottom of the tank. I was thinking what if I could...

I finely got a small 260 gallon hot tub for my wife. She wanted a big tub to relax in and I wanted an excuse to have water storage. A larger...

[IMG] What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? At a time when the United States is facing the greatest water crisis that it has ever known,...

I figured I would start a new topic, rather than to continue to hijack the other. Paul I would get a Propane powered 2000w Inverter (go 2000w,...

Brand new member to the forum.. We recently put in a rainwater collection system at our home, 2 tanks totaling 25,000 gallons. Our annual...

With a nod to @Motomom34: You can spend money, or you can spend time, or you can do both when preparing for your selected whatever hits the fan....

[IMG] Wegmans, an upstate New York supermarket with devoted shoppers — along with several other chains including Giant Food Stores, Shaws, and...

We have a 550 gallon rain catch setup outside, plus a 275 gallon tank for the chickens, but I'd been wanting something in the garage strictly for...

Hello, Newbie here! I am looking at building a cabin for some short week long and weekend stints. We would normally winterize water system....

[IMG] So here I was sitting in the office today doing some paperwork. The lights flickered once, twice and then the power went out. The...

Cheapest DIY Rain Barrel (that works better than most) - Alex's Hobby Site Cheapest DIY Rain Barrel (that works better than most) So I found a...

A while back I built a three barrel rack for water storage. It had to be compact so as not to take up too much space in my garage. Here is what I...

Cost effective - read cheap or even free? I plan to draw water from a well with a 110v pump and store it in some sort of cistern. I will then...

Hundreds of thousands of residents of suburban Washington are avoiding running their faucets, watering their lawns and flushing toilets during a...

In my emergency backpack for water is 2 canteens that hold 2-quarts each, one is a collapsible military canteen with M1 cap and the other is a...

Just curious if anyone that is off grid has to have their water brought in, and more importantly, how much do you use ? (per month approx.) As...

One of the things I've been pondering is how to do water storage for a short term bug in situation. None of the options I saw really impressed...

I wish I had this here...looks pretty useful and it would be possible to adapt it for a barrel also... http://www.waterbob.com The waterBOB®...

I 'd like to show you a nice piece of "kit " I picked up at wally world the other day.Seems the eco- yuppies are seeing the devil in plastic...

We have 4 people in the house, 1 gallon per person per day for 30 days thats 120 gallons give or take. Minimum I want to have stored is 100...

Hello and thanks for letting me on your forum. I have a few simple questions in which I would like your opinions on and as I come up with more, I...

Ok driving down the road I looked up and saw one of those water bottle trucks that supplies offices with those bottled water you know the ones...

I asked this a while back on another board but figured I would try again here. Dose anyone know of a decent way to store water in a vehicle that...

During our everyday lives, most of us take water for granted. But that's often not the case following a major disaster, whether storm, earthquake,...

I read through the water storage part of SM, but I was wondering how the members here store their water. So far I just have water stored in...

The following Water Storage Container Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is designed to answer basic questions about commonly used containers for...