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Water bath canning... water. Genius. My grandmother (who we all thought was a bit strange) taught me some food storage preps and this was one of them. I understand now. Thank you, Grandma, for imparting wisdom in me, even though I didn't know or appreciate it at the time. And thank you both for having this channel. We appreciate you.

Old waterlines break, and the city turns off our water for two or three days at a time. Even if I use a clean milk jug filled with water I don’t use it to drink. I Use it to flush the toilet. 15 years ago the first time that happened, I found myself using my “good” water to flush the toilet, and it killed me. That only happened one time, and now, as long as I mark the containers, I know which ones are “toilet flushing” water.

I got laundry detergent jugs that have a bit of residual detergent in them, I filled those with water so I got water for handwashing clothes

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

Me too! Or for flushing a toilet (once).

We use Primo 3 gallon water jugs that are BPA free to store water and have been doing this for a long time. Typically, we bought the water at Walmart from a Primo water dispenser that uses a 4 stage filter system and an ultraviolet light to kill bacteria. What concerned us is the amount of chemicals the water company puts in our tap water. Sometimes the chlorine content is so high, I can smell is as it comes out of the faucet, which led us to buy filtered water. Then I found out the Primo water dispenser uses a reverse osmosis process, which removes most of the minerals from the water, thus making it "dead" water. We did a lot research on gravity water filtration products and decided to go with the ProOne water filter system. It filters out all of the chemicals from the tap water but not the good minerals your body needs. I now fill our 3 gallon water jugs with the filtered tap water and rotate usage of the water jugs. We store the water on shelving racks in our garage, which has a AC/Heat minisplit to keep the garage temp at a constant temperature. The garage door is insulated with no windows. This has worked well for us. Oh, I clean out the water jugs every 6 months using organic uncooked popcorn kernels, antibacterial soap and very hot water. I hold the jug and swirl the mixture really well to clean the bottom and sides, then rinse a couple of times with very hot water. Haven't had any issues so far.

@ftc-nl1041

6 ай бұрын

Here (Netherlands) mus be very different then USA.

Very good video. Actually life saving information. Any threat of power outage or water shut off we fill all our tubs with water for flushing and scooping out buckets to use for sponge bath even water vegies just enough to for them to survive. Remember plan water storage for animals.

Freeze dry the water. Thank you for the video Jonathan and Kylene. Happy trails!

@pagevpetty

6 ай бұрын

wah wah wah ~

You guys are the best!

Thank you!

AWESOME

Good video , thanks for sharing YAH bless !

Just recently found your channel. Love it. No nonsense non alarmist approach. This is a great video

@TheProvidentPrepper

5 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Thank you for your advice. Greetings from Poland.

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

Hello in Poland! Stay safe!

I have used 2 liter soda bottles, other PETE bottles, five gallon containers and 55 gallon barrels before. A few years ago we invested in a SureWater 260 gallon container that we keep in the basement. That will be our primary potable water. We have three 55 gallon blue barrels in the garage that can be used for sanitation. Last year I set up a 550 gallon rainwater catchment system. Now just need a filtering system like the PortaWell.

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome!!!

Thanks for the info!! I have tried to research how to store water. As a diabetic I drink alot of water or try to, so I know I need to store for not only to drink but to cook with and other stuff as well. Look forward to hearing more from you.

Great information!

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very valuable information y'all love you all's videos godbless

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Kylene and John. I had a white flour baguette, onion rings, catsup at a restaurant and my blood sugar went to 258 mg/dl. Highly diabetic. I had wheat berries, tomatoes, and onions and my blood sugar went to 109 mg/dl. Diabetes and blood sugar is a silent killer. Flour, ultra processed foods, spike blood sugar like Fameal if people have diabetes. Eating whole food does not spike blood sugar, a silent killer. Wheat berries are magic. Eat them whole. White flour can be harmful. Ultra processed oils, sugar, flour, rice, do damage. Just a thought about how we eat our stored food. My retired doctor gave me the best advice. Exercise. lose weight, eat whole food. Thanks for all your excellent well produced videos.

I have used milk jugs and distilled water gallons and have had some leak. I have also used bleach containers only to use for cleaning and sanitize but I mark them not for drinking. Thanks for posting

I bought some 3.5 water storage containers, cleaned them out and used water that I filtered through my Seychelle Rad water pitcher to fill them. I believe the filter filters out chlorine, so should I add chlorine to my jugs of water? I've watched some other of your vids on this as well when you had Jim as a guest but I still get confused about it.

I use any container I want for other uses, like flushing the toilet

I use water bricks. If you’re buying 1-2 gallon spring water at your local grocery store and then filling the food grade water bricks do you need to add the bleach?

What are your thoughts about chlorine dioxide? I bought some from amazon (KV labs). Its supposed to purify water.

Thank you so much for your helpful information!! I’ve never considered prepping but now having kids my mindset has changed 360 degrees. This gives me peace of mind because you never know! Would it be okay to store water in juice bottles with minimal cleaning if we know they will only be used for flushing toilets? Or do you suggest cleaning the jugs still? I live off well water and when our power is out we have no water. Thanks in advance!!

@arabianknights7391

3 ай бұрын

LOL. I think you meant 180 degrees. :). But no need to deep clean the jugs for flushing. It will be cleaner than what it's flushing.

Here in the Netherlands, the authorities say that purchased water in plastic bottles never breaks down. I have been storing water from stores in plastic bottles (most of the "spa" brand) for 4 years and have never done anything to it and the water is still perfectly good. I have no idea what it is like in America, it must be a big difference compared to here.

@Stpete28bmb

6 ай бұрын

Plastics are plastics, especially considering they are mostly made in China. How do you know the water was good? Try researching the new studies of micro plastics being found in humans, and you’ll probably change your tune. Also, try and not believe everything your government tells you. ✌🏼

@Stpete28bmb

6 ай бұрын

Not sure why someone deleted my comment, I wasn’t being rude. Ok, so for the second time: studies have shown plastics DO break down over time, especially if exposed to temperature swings. This is how micro plastics are being found in fish. It’s not the fish eating plastic bottles, the particles are entering through their mouth/ gills. There is NO difference between your plastic bottles or American bottles - plastics react the same.

@geod3589

6 ай бұрын

@@Stpete28bmb I've had 1-gallon plastic milk jugs actually get brittle and crack open.. about 2 years after filling them.

@ftc-nl1041

6 ай бұрын

@@Stpete28bmb There are so many different plastic bottles, but here (Netherlands) they all have to meet very strict requirements. I am very sure there is a very big different between here and the USA (like in USA all kind of differents in every state there). And "plastics react the same" that is so not true.

@ftc-nl1041

6 ай бұрын

@@Stpete28bmb In Dutch:" Je hoeft dus geen zorgen te maken over de verlopen tht-datum op een ongeopende waterfles, omdat het volgens de Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (VWA) ook daarna nog veilig te drinken is. Het Voedingscentrum adviseert om na het openen de fles maximaal drie tot zeven dagen in de koelkast te bewaren.1 jun 2022 Translate: You don't have to worry about the expired best-before date on an unopened water bottle, because according to the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA) it is still safe to drink afterward. The Nutrition Center recommends keeping the bottle in the refrigerator for a maximum of three to seven days after opening. (Jun 1, 2022)

I use colloidal silver to disinfect water

7:17 Yes, if the water is in a canning jar, remember how much the jar and what you are storing them upon is added to your weight calculations.

@ftc-nl1041

6 ай бұрын

No canning jars here, just plastic bottles. The canning jars you (Americans) have there in the videos we had them in the 80's (but not for water but for soaking food) but they are gone here for very long time, you still can get them if you search very good but are not payable. We have other methods here then there in the USA (Very different). And about heating, cooking and light i use oil, very cheap here and you can use it for everything (cooking, heating and light (all you need)) also just a BBQ for cooking outside, the gas bottles etc. are more for luxury (very expensive stuff), if i see the videos from there (not only this channel but many others from the USA) I always think, it can be so much easier and so much cheaper, but that will be the difference with America and here I think. For me is water just in plastic bottles (and I have a hand pump for ground water with a Berkefeld filter to filter the water (just in case)) and the heating, cooking and for lights i use just cheap oil and are all save for use inside.

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Would you be willing to show us how you store all of your water? I'd like ideas for how and where you store all your different containers.

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

Check out this article theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-store-water-for-emergency-preparedness/ It might be helpful.

How about Baking Soda? I have used filtered water in glass jars and add just a tiny pinch of baking soda instead of bleach. Some filtered water bottles that you buy at the store have sodium bicarbinate in them too.

I store a few two liter bottles of water under each sink, ready for when our power (and therefore, our well) goes out. (Many more bottles out in the garage!)

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I love your videos! You’re very thorough but I have a few questions. I have very old bottled water I bought from a store (about 2-3 years old). I took a sip of it after about 8 months to a year and it tasted awful. It was in a dark closet. I had to spit it out. Should it be thrown out because there’s probably bacteria, parasites/viruses and more microplastics? Is there a way to clean very old water? Also, do you have to occasionally add bleach after a period of time passes? Would boiling it make it drinkable? Would a charcoal filter like Clearly Filtered remove microplastics ? I have a few family members and friends wondering what to do with their very old water too. Toss it or is it fixable? I’d want to use most of it to drink, if possible. Thank you!

@hppyabuela

6 ай бұрын

I would like to know the answer to these questions as well. Thank you.

@beprepared3569

6 ай бұрын

If it was sealed it is probably still safe but likely flat. Try pouring it into a glass and then dumping that glass into another glass. Pour back and forth between the two glasses a few times. This will add air into the water. Then try tasting it again. It will likely taste much better.

@CatsAreNiceMeow

6 ай бұрын

@@beprepared3569 Maybe I can try that but it tasted unsafe not just flat.

@CindySmith-jj9rx

6 ай бұрын

I had some water stored for a long period of time. What I read to do was vigorously shake the container and then drink the water!

@CatsAreNiceMeow

6 ай бұрын

@@CindySmith-jj9rx It literally tasted like plastic and dangerous. Hopefully the channel will answer.

Years a, go, I placed a store bought gallon milk jug on my back car seat. When I got home, I had milk leakage on my seat from the jug . I would never use milk jugs for storage and always have grocery clerk put in plastic bag for trip home.

I used glass juice containers that I washed out really well and put chlorinated water in but I opened them several months later and there was black mold on the lids. Not sure what I did wrong.

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

They weren't clean enough. You may want to soak the lids in chlorine and let them air dry. Sometimes there is a little cardboard liner in the top of the lid that can be the problem. Glad you checked on them!

rainwater can be drank but bleach for long term storage?

Did you pressure cook or hot water bath your mason jar that has water in it.

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

You can do either as long as a good seal is made. I usually pressure can some water as "fillers" when I don' t have a full load for the pressure canner.

So how long do i can water in my canner?

@CatsAreNiceMeow

6 ай бұрын

They don’t seem to answer questions on this channel. I asked questions on other videos too and nothing. I’m going to wait another couple weeks in case they’re busy then unsubscribe.

I pressure can water in canning jars. Do I need to add bleach and do I need to rotate?

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

No. If you pressure can the water in canning jars it will kill all biological pathogens. There is no need to rotate. Bleach adds a lot of chemicals so pressure canning is actually a preferred method of sterilization.

So much water. Also, know how to filter my neighbor’s pools.

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

We have a salt water pool and life straws. 😊

@StackingSurfer

6 ай бұрын

@@babatwofive5727 That will help. It’s also good to have a fresh water barrel like the big 55 gal drum as well.

@StackingSurfer

6 ай бұрын

@@babatwofive5727 That will help. It’s also good to have a fresh water barrel like the big 55 gal drum as well.

My issue is that I live in the Arizona desert and in a disaster there would probably be no sources of water to be had in a fairly short time. And there's no way to store enough to last in a lengthy disaster. I have enough for maybe 3 months if I'm careful with it. Not much point in having food and other necessities for longer than that, once the water is gone so is life.

@pagevpetty

6 ай бұрын

There are other ways of getting water if you really can't store it. I would try to store more water and food if you can.

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

Il you storie your food like soups and fruits in jars (not dehydrated), you will have water...that is how our desert animals get their water often, by eating foods which naturally contain water. I live in AZ, too. I see all these prepping videos with dehydrated foods ( or freeze dried) and I have come to the realization that I cannot store enough water for all that kind of food. Granted I will still store some of that kind of food also.

@celtic15c

6 ай бұрын

Beans and veggies in cans. Water in those you can cook them in.

Would you be able to elaborate more on canning the water? Do you add bleach to it? I filter all my water with Zero water filters...do i add the bleach to it to can it? How long do we can it for? Please and thank you in advance for answers.

@kwinchester2161

6 ай бұрын

Yes I would also like more details on this canning the water in jars. Have lots of those!

How long can you store bottled water say from Walmart, safe to drink?

@susanwoodcarver

6 ай бұрын

I don’t know if it’s valid, but I think the water I bought from Walmart has an expiration date on it. I just wasn’t sure if it was when the pure water would expire, or when I could expect the container to collapse. I keep those in the garage just in case.

@stuartaminion511

6 ай бұрын

i heard they last 10 plus years, but plastic is thin and could leak/break. just watch and it's okay for quite a while.

@sl4983

6 ай бұрын

Probably around a year

If you water bath the water how long do you do it?

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

10 minutes should be good.

My plan is to put all stored water through my Berkey. Stored water tastes pretty gross. Also, those square blue containers cannot be stored outside. My hubby put a couple of those (80% full) on his trailer and the plastic became very brittle within a year. Store a full one under each sink & you're ready when/if water is turned off. I did buy 10 water bricks and love them! If I can't move the container by myself, I don't want it. 😊

@christanicol5308

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking this as well - I also have a Berkey....... So just store water from the tap, then put it thru the Berkey when ready to use for drinking/cookingk.

Can you use filtered water to store ?

@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely. The one concern is that the container must be super clean so that contamination doesn't occur. You can have perfect water but if it is stored in a container with even a little contamination you may have a problem.

Hi, if we open a 55 gal to test the water after a year or so, would we need to dispose and refill the water or can we just seal it back up for another few years? If we can seal it back up, I wonder if we need to add any more water treatments to it.....hmmm. Any suggestions?

@annieoakley1905

6 ай бұрын

Thanks to anyone who has an answer to this, we're grateful for the tips. :) This is such a great channel, we love it and appreciate the content.

@CatsAreNiceMeow

6 ай бұрын

That’s one of my many questions. Do you have to retreat after opening or after a period of time passed? I have very old bottled water. I don’t know if I should throw it out. It’s gross and tastes like plastic too. They’re not answering questions (at least not yet).

@annieoakley1905

6 ай бұрын

@@CatsAreNiceMeow I would be concerned if the water taste like plastic & you know it's gross, maybe it's safer to restart the process?

@CatsAreNiceMeow

6 ай бұрын

@@annieoakley1905 It’s most of my water which is why I asked if 2-3 year old bottled water can be salvaged to drink.

@annieoakley1905

6 ай бұрын

@@CatsAreNiceMeow I found a forum that states to rotate water once it's been opened.

I hope everyone is re-using "old" water instead of wasting it. Fine for rinsing, cold water wash, flushing the toilet, etc. (If you've never flushed that way, pour into a bucket then rapidly dump into toilet bowl. A slow trickle from a bottle won't work. :))

If your water is shut off and you use stored water to flush the toilet, how much do you need for one flush?

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

It really depends on your toilet. We use about 2-1/2 to 3 gallons per flush.

@arabianknights7391

3 ай бұрын

And make sure you are doing a rapid dump from a bucket or pail. It's the rapid, sudden water that works. A slow trickle from a bottle is useless.@@babatwofive5727

Pop bottles are known to leach out plastic softener chemicals into the liquid long term bleaching them out would speed up that process.one would think

what if you are allergic to bleach?

If the plastic isnt No. 2 HDPE plastic it will leech chemicals into the water. No plastic is good, but HDPE is best as far as plastics go.

@sl4983

6 ай бұрын

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@billm201

6 ай бұрын

No. 1 ✔

2 drops of bleach per quart. So that would 8 drops in a gallon?

Fill boiling water from water heater

@sl4983

6 ай бұрын

Most people won't know how to do that

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

​@@sl4983 there are taps at the bottom of hot water heaters ( the ones with tanks) for cleaning them of calcium build up.

@lynnheffron6905

6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't feel safe doing that after seeing all the sediment in mine. Not a pretty sight. 🤢

@babatwofive5727

6 ай бұрын

@@lynnheffron6905 It's just calcium and maybe some iron oxide 😉

Can never have enough water. Only 3 days without water, a week without food. Just something to think about 🤔

Where is an inexpensive place to obtain large containers? All the places that I have explored want $50 for a 55 gal container or a IBC container.

@kathyjordan3922

6 ай бұрын

For sale ads. Craigslist. Many had soaps and detergents in them. I would have no problem cleaning, flushing, washing hands....with water from them. Places like auto washes.

@richardelliott9511

6 ай бұрын

These days, that is inexpensive, have you seen what they go for new?

@kathyjordan3922

6 ай бұрын

@@richardelliott9511 Our North 40 had clean used ones for $85. We got lucky on Craigslist.

@CindySmith-jj9rx

6 ай бұрын

The new ones are over $150 each

@richardelliott9511

6 ай бұрын

​@CindySmith-jj9rx that's right, which makes 50 bucks look pretty good!

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@TheProvidentPrepper

6 ай бұрын

You just made my day! We love you! That is the goal :) Thanks for your kindness!

@tmanley1985

6 ай бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper No, thank you all for focusing on things that matter.

I wash soda bottles in the dishwasher and fill it with public tap water. Concerns? The water will taste dead, and someone will throw it away.

@stuartaminion511

6 ай бұрын

a thought. if the water is dead as you say, do not throw it out. use to wash clothes, to flush a toilet, water a garden, wash hands/face/body; just do not throw out.

@MuffHam

6 ай бұрын

One of the biggest usages for water is cleaning, hygiene, cooking. Cooking your bringing the water to a boil. Itll kill most bacteria. So dosent really matter how clean the bottle is. A soda bottle rinsed out is good enough.

@cathybestlercurtis

6 ай бұрын

@stuartaminion511 *I* wouldn't be throwing it out. I fear loved-ones throwing it out and me nearly extinguishing them.

Sorry, you'll never get me drinking chlorinated water, due to it's toxicity: same as fluoride. Look to hydrogen peroxide. Has other issues, like storage longevity, but is far safer, IMHO.

Hey, that blue container at 1:27 looks like a knockoff of the 4 gallon blue containers I use because they are squat enough to slide under the plumbing in the guest bathroom of our condo/apt. Mine are made by Reliance: sturdy plastic with the spigot 🚰 protected by having it stored inside until time to use. Then you turn the lid around and the spigot can be used. QoD: How to get more neighbors to store at least 72 hours of water for their household.

@patriciacooke886

6 ай бұрын

Good luck, here in central Colorado in my county “Chaffee” our library announced they were holding an emergency preparedness class. The class was well attended, good questions were asked. I feel my preps are insurance.