Water - Parts 3 & 4

You can read the other pieces of this Water Storage Series here and here.

We rotate our longer-term supply of water about every six months. There are two components to it, comprising the third and fourth aspects of our water storage plan. First, we store water in 5-gallon, heavy-duty, square, very thick, blue containers. They are composed of the same material that the big blue 55-gallon drums are. At the same time that I bought the containers, I bought a spigot that fits into the cap so that if necessary, we could use the containers as-is instead of needing to transfer the water to something else in order to be able to fill up a cup. For simply rotating, I don't use the spigot because once you put it into the cap, you will need to get a new cap when you refill the container.

As part of our longer-term water supply, we also have a big, blue, 55-gallon drum. We store it up on a pallet on our back porch. In order to get water out of it, it is necessary to have a siphon. I hope to never have to drink the water in it, but we could if we had to. I store it to use for other water needs such as doing dishes, laundry, and flushing toilets.

It is important to remember to rotate your longer-term supply of water regularly. We rotate ours on General Conference weekends because it is easy to remember. You can also rotate in January and July, or any six-month interval that works for you.

Up next week: other ideas for storing water.