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Originally posted by wiandiii
I would suggest getting some 55 gallon food grade containers and a hand pump for them. Fill them and keep them in the basement with a few drops of bleach in them. In a small town as you have described they may be harder to find though. Next best option would be the jugs they use in office water coolers which come in various sizes. Maybe your husband will be a little more open minded about keeping some kind of survival items in the house now. At the very least you could point out those jugs of water are cheaper than the $100 taxi ride into town.
Originally posted by Shadowalker
I'm a home winemaker so I have a few 6 gal glass carboys. I used to scrub them clean and cork them, but now that im urban I keep them all full of water, all the time, and only empty them when I need to make wine.
I use 1 teaspoon of potassium metabisulfate per 6 gal carboy.
This will keep the water stable for 6-10 years and settles to the bottom after 6-8 months, so the upper gallons can be siphoned off as clean clear water.
That is the same rate for wine preservation and considered safe for consumption. I also have a group of filters that range from .2 micron to .002 micron so pulling water from the spring fed creek about 200yds away is a source. There again at .2 micron I would treat it the same as bacteria laden tap water.
Originally posted by lbndhr
If I hadnt found a solution by about 5:00pm I was going to call american red cross, where my situation became bad is, I didnt even have containers to beable to bring water in. but that is all changig know. If somethign happen again later in life, I do have an option, it is the lake about 1/2 mile away...again know that i haev the containers I dont feel so trapped and helpless.
Originally posted by Shadowalker
Originally posted by lbndhr
If I hadnt found a solution by about 5:00pm I was going to call american red cross, where my situation became bad is, I didnt even have containers to beable to bring water in. but that is all changig know. If somethign happen again later in life, I do have an option, it is the lake about 1/2 mile away...again know that i haev the containers I dont feel so trapped and helpless.
And when there is no red cross? Then what? No neighbors with pumping wells who will share? How about people pounding on your door dying of dehydration and wanting your last half gallon?
Turn it all around. You have a pr of monolithic bucket purifiers. You enlist those in need to supply the labor to bring water to you and in turn you give them a share for their work and a standard 2 liter ration like you give to other folks. Now you have a small group of people depending on you and grateful they are not dying a terrible, painful death. Do you think they will help you defend the water system? Nope they will try to steal it from you.
There is a lot more to this than meets the eye.
Originally posted by Silcone Synapse
reply to post by lbndhr
If you are totally desperate,Grab a roll of bin liners,tape/tie them onto tree/bush branches (ones with as much green leaves as possible),with one corner of the bag lower than the branch-Do that to lots of branches and bushes and leave over a day and night.
That can give you enough water to survive that bit longer,plus you can do it over and over for a week or two before the plants start to die.
Also dig holes in a sunny spot,line with bin liner plastic/cling film etc then chuck a load of moss/green foliage in,all tied up on a string so its about half way down.Seal the hole with another bin liner and some rocks and again leave a day and night.
Remember to filter off any bugs that may be in the water though.Should have mentioned that for the branch bags as well.
edit on 12/6/2011 by Silcone Synapse because: brackets
Originally posted by Shadowalker
You would be surprised how long you can water a small garden from one of those totes using drip irragators and Pellet fertilizer in line. The key is to have all different flow drippers and use a moisture probe at an angle into the bottom of the roots. If they are too wet and the rest is about right then switch for a smaller dripper. Water as stated in the eves while you can see and test, and add a mechanical flow timer so its automated. then you only need to focus on the flow at each plant and adjust your timer.
I have a co worker in Israel. When he gets paid he buys more pipe and drippers and extends his garden further and further into the desert where nothing can grow. He drips the garden and they run a successful family produce stand from one of the worst places on earth.
Originally posted by randyvs
They have this new fangled thing at home depot called visqueen. When spread out over an area ? It will generally
accumulate a lot of moisture over night. Maybe just what it takes to survive a stretch with no water.
Originally posted by Shadowalker
Its cheaper and more effective to do the black tubing above ground dripper heads. All drip systems tend to clog and during your walk through you carry scissors and a small handful of assorted heads. As you spot clogged drippers you snip them off while the water is flowing and push a new one into the tubing. You can visually see them all working being key.
If you went underground tubing as they clog up you slowly watch an entire row die in front of you.
Its a risk management thing. if you have 10 tomato plants and a dripper clogs while your away. you lose 1 plant. If tube drip under the ground clogs you lose them all. Sometimes soil pressure will cause underground tubing to flatten in the heat and kink as well, shutting off an entire leg.