just drink mountain dew code red

@CraftySasquatch

5 күн бұрын

So childish. So sad.

@RemingtinArms

5 күн бұрын

On that red 40 diet i see.

@Outlaw_Wrath

5 күн бұрын

@@RemingtinArms beat me to it lol

@Delta2-4Gaming

5 күн бұрын

Damn it, I was going to say when I’m thirsty all I can think of is mtn dew 😂 I never had tap water problems. Dews plants are great on water.

@Delta2-4Gaming

5 күн бұрын

@@RemingtinArmsI know much better to just drink original.

Life is boring...until theres no clean water😂😅😮

@Bigbossman12624

5 күн бұрын

Everyone and everything will be dead if it is this hard to get drinkable water.

@RunningWithSauce

5 күн бұрын

@@Bigbossman12624 There are still countries in Africa without accesible potable water and people manage. Its the people that don't know how to manage that perish. That's why this channel is so relevant.

@Bigbossman12624

5 күн бұрын

@@RunningWithSauce we aren’t Africa. We don’t need clean water. I have very complex biological and chemical water filters I bought for less than 100 dollars at REI. let’s examine why Africa doesn’t have and has never had water. Could it be the functionally mentally disabled and incredibly lazy population? Could it be low standards and encouraged corruption by the general population? Could it be that the areas without water are also in the sand blasted desert? Could it be that whenever aid is given the only result is more children and more corrupt politicians? What about the general populace being weak (very easy to subjugate)and the worst war fighters to ever live?

@Bigbossman12624

5 күн бұрын

@@RunningWithSauce YT keeps deleting any and all comments to my reply is summed up this way. We are not Africa. I am not an African.

@allenwurl6245

5 күн бұрын

⁠@@Bigbossman12624 Projections are 90% will not make it, the irony is you can literally learn how to procure drinking water in a couple of hours on KZread. You can get filters and alternative water boiling options from Walmart or Amazon shipped directly to your home. You can get drinking water delivered straight to your door monthly or alternatively you can bottle your city water “assuming it’s currently safe”. Rain water catchment, private well, pool or pond on your property or local fresh water source, all to test your KZread water procurement knowledge… In a weekend anyone could move themselves from the 90% 🚱💀 to the 10% 🚰😁👍 Note: If you have zero experience I would use a water testing kit to determine how successful you are, taste test are unreliable because safe water doesn’t necessarily taste good and good tasting water doesn’t mean it’s safe. The process is what makes it safe, depending on the source it’s a whole different process to make it taste good 👍

I was a police officer and I would routinely find the municipal water treatment facilities completely unlocked and open to anyone who wanted to go in and perpetrate any kind of horrible thing. As a cop, it was maddening to me how negligent the water treatment people were. For years I made complaints about them leaving the facility unsecured. I’d bet anything I could go in there and piss in the tanks tonight if I wanted to.

@calvinquallss4905

4 күн бұрын

Do it and tell us if you were successful, please

@mattjones2597

4 күн бұрын

He was successful I can attest. My water was a bit salty.

@Nipah.Auauau

4 күн бұрын

@@mattjones2597 Hey, urine is sterile. For all we know he improved the quality.

@phl_knives

4 күн бұрын

@@darrenstettner5381 No doubt about this. GFs dad was a Water Dept cop after getting out of PPD in the late 90s and said regularly he would find people in the treatment areas, and other places they absolutely shouldn't have been. While security is better than the 90s, it's still not good. Even remotely close to as secure as something as critical as water (or power) should be. Just hanging out along a local river, and hiking around the trails of multiple places that should be hardened seeing unlocked locks, loose fence and countless other vulnerabilities is terrifying. I'm well aware I'm not the only one who has seen these infrastructure issues. Talking with a guy in grid infrastructure he said he's came across numerous unlocked gates, areas where things looked overtly disturbed (all reported) and other sketchy things. He wasn't a preparedness minder person prior to working in power grids. After knowing how fragile things are and seeing how upside down security is on major location's, he said he'll never not have supplies on hand. To quote him and 2 other people working in these places. "We WILL get caught slacking on security and it's not an if but when" and another guy said "Things are way more fragile and vulnerable than the public is aware of. I (him) is shocked we haven't seen anything major yet. The small events seem to be test runs". All those guys work around other utilities people who said water, power, gas, and sewage is all falling apart and vulnerable to even a a myriad of attack vectors.

@user-sp4gy7ko5l

4 күн бұрын

Same as our water supply. It's open to every man and his dog, even have a RAAF base with commercial airlines that fly over it everyday. All it would take is for one of them to crash into it and we then have tainted water.

Probably one of the best videos on water I have ever seen, Zach is easy to listen to, keeps your attention and obviously knows his shit.

@me-sm7cu

5 күн бұрын

Ditto. Very well done.

@phl_knives

5 күн бұрын

Agreed. Knowledgeable, easy to understand and even through he's showing Cana products, that wasn't all it was. Sure he was going to promote his products, as he should. He also gave other options that they don't sell. I'll definitely be checking out their stuff for upgrades to my water plan. I think water is one of the harder things to dial in for most of us. I know it was for me, and still is.

@LifeOfK91

4 күн бұрын

Yeah ridiculous right? 🤣😂 going to carry all that water on the run when SHTF, EMP attack might come along and you just going to muscle up all those water buckets with you. Best bet is to learn a hand on manually filter your water or using lifestraw.

@j.till_z

2 күн бұрын

@@phl_knives I agree but looking at that setup in his garage, that takes a lot of maintenance and care, almost a part time job in of itself. I'm all for being self reliant but someone is not going to process 250-1000 GPD (gallons per day) easily. Some systems require a lot of dedication to getting the treatment process correctly. Lot's of trial and error. Treated water needs to be used rather quickly (several days) or it needs to be processed again. We take for granted our city water supplies but I suggest everyone take a tour of their city's treatment facility. Talk to the operators there and they'll tell you that volume and time is all calculated into the entire system process. To each their own, I don't go down shft rabbit holes anymore. I've spent too much money on stuff that is not going to be feasible in my situation. I'm not going to be bugging out with 800lbs of gear so I can treat an unknown water source. You have to take into consideration it will also take years to perfect the treatment process in an ideal environment.

Cyber guy here... The New Zealand water incident he was talking about was a disgruntled ex contractor that retained credentials to the system after being fired. It is wide open and vulnerable to actual cyber attacks but sometimes the simplest ones are the real high frequency danger such as malicious insiders or infrastructure mismanagement like Flint.

@RangeTimeRicky24

2 күн бұрын

Australia

@DeltaDanner

2 күн бұрын

I am getting an education in natural resource management and part of that includes going to aquifers/watersheds used by cities for their water supply. It was honestly a bit worrying how open and unguarded they were considering how many people rely on them. The water and the area around it is protected from pollution and sedimentation, but I didn’t see any security measures in place and most of the time it’s just a single gate on a gravel road keeping the general public out. The actual treatment facilities should be able to handle contamination but there really isn’t anything stopping someone from driving up to a major water source and dumping things into it or cutting it off from the collection areas. Just look at the guy who killed 18k salmon by dumping bleach into the water at a fishery.

@DyingBreed1776

2 күн бұрын

cyber like cyber security?

of all the skills I gained from the Navy, I’m thankful they made me a water/wastewater treatment specialist. being a Utilitiesman is pretty cool when looking at it through this lense.

@Katana_Gryphon

5 күн бұрын

Ah but can you cook minute rice in 58 seconds?

@jvzabala98

5 күн бұрын

@@Katana_Gryphon I’m faster than that, 57.99 secs. I even put it as a bullet on my eval

@TCraig00

5 күн бұрын

Lens* brother. Lense isn't a word.

@RedruMxMarinE

5 күн бұрын

​@TCraig00 You didn't even bother to open a dictionary did you?

@chanc9737

5 күн бұрын

i was a damn cook... did me no good...i can prolly make a squirrell taste good tho

One piece of gear to add to this that's crucial and dirt cheap. A 4-way municipal water valve key. Gotta always have a way to turn on valves and spickets.

@rogerwood5228

5 күн бұрын

He mentions those later in the video. But yep, I keep one in my jeep and another in my day bag. Came in use just a few weeks ago. My uncle passed away, and he lived in Baltimore style row houses, so they use municipal locks on their outside water access. I couldn't find his key in his home, but I used mine to get it open. Saved me alot of hassle.

@elterga6224

5 күн бұрын

If you own the water key, you own your water 💪

@Zamotak

5 күн бұрын

I keep one in my everyday bag. I've had to use them pretty extensively at a job I've had in the past. Damn near every major municipal building has a water outlet somewhere.

@phl_knives

5 күн бұрын

Absolutely. I keep a silcox key and an access panel key in my EDC bag. Along with a Nalgene and Nalgenes in my vehicles. Water is life. Why not have options.

@phl_knives

5 күн бұрын

​@@ZamotakDefinitely. I keep one for water and one for access panel keys in my EDC bag. Working training sites and everyone needing water, I realized we needed options to turn on these bibs without hunting down the person with a key. This saved us time and when it's hot like it is in the NE corridor right now. Water is life or death if you are too far from medical. Even having trained providers or being one. You can only pack in some many IVs and they only last so long. Access to a bib and having ORS makes a world of difference. Not just municipal buildings in my experience but hotels, grocery stores, Home Depot, and any commercial building I've checked to make sure I'm not forgetting a key for my EDC. DEFINITELY a worthwhile investment to have

Would really like to see a video on wells, manual vs solar well pumps, cisterns, and rain water collection methods.

@Woodland_Warrior

3 күн бұрын

this

@waterboy239

2 күн бұрын

I don't have much experience with solar pumps but if you have a well you can get water out of it with a suction line without having a manual pump just a PVC pipe and a well with a check valve or foot valve play moving the pipe vertical up and down can supply you water

@kevinm234

Күн бұрын

My well is 60 ft deep but the Water level is only 8 ft down. A standard picher pump works great without a foot valve

@bigmambahful

8 сағат бұрын

A good rule is to have 3 redundant ways to pull water from your well. The powered way, with the pump that's already in it with a generator for short term problems, a solar pump you can simply run a line into the well-head and pull water into containers for longer term and a manual pitcher pump in case the first 2 fail or there's not enough sunlight to run the second option.

I feel like this channel's gone from good to gold in the last (entirely subjective number of) videos, right before my very eyes. Don't stop.

DC always adding REAL industry experts and high grade content that is relevant & valuable. Thank them here⬇

This guy was incredible to listen to. He speaks well, he enunciates, he's got great flow and pacing, and he's super knowledgeable. He uses great examples and demonstrations to relation to different users and different experiences. What a great pitch.

Plumber here. One thing I noticed in the video is the supply lines on the water heater are 3/4” but technically they are more like 1/2” and creating a bottle neck on the hot system. Recommend going full port 3/4” corrugated stainless steel from Home Depot so maximize GPM on the hot system.

Water should be prioritized above all other preps.

@blackhawk_1317

7 сағат бұрын

And food to

The water turning the frogs gay!

@dieselfrk13

5 күн бұрын

My old neighbor says there's hormones in the water

@sticks8402

5 күн бұрын

Thats just the Monsanto

@wildcat8598

5 күн бұрын

@@dieselfrk13he’s probably right 😂

@didgeridood

5 күн бұрын

My water municipality has atrazine and PFAS in it. Luckily I’ve been using ZeroWater water filters, which filter it and PFAS out, for decades. I’m 57 and don’t rely on any prescription drugs. Clean water is key.

@AKDissident

5 күн бұрын

And the people

As a rural water operator... in south Mississippi I can attest this is a fantastic subject! And one I deal with every single day! And we have a scada and cyber security is a paramount subject!

America needs more people like Zach.

I have a crazy life hack here in Minnesota... I produce maple syrup. I use 5 gallon carboys to collect it with multiple taps on 25 trees. I have 50, 5 gallon carboys. I store them with water and enough bleach to keep them from molding inside but also maintain drinkability. I have a pond on my property and multiple filtration methods. The sap evaporator holds 50 gallons so I can quickly boil 50 gallons at a time as well and hand pump it into a elevated steel barrel with a tap and valve with cold water inside already to make a hot gravity shower... LOL. Not to mention the 20 gallons of portable carbs the maple syrup provides. Eating foraged broadleaf plantain and dandelions with mushrooms? Cool pour some maple syrup on it.

@bigmambahful

7 сағат бұрын

Add bees and you have some of the best preps on the planet.

A great way to toughen up a water bladder is to cut off a pant leg off tie one end and put the bag inside. This lets you mount extra water and gives more puncture resistance.

I just found you guys 2 days ago and I'm really enjoying the format, content, and what you're bringing to the platform. Thank you! I'll be checking out your back catalogue and looking forward to what else you're working on.

Any discussion regarding water must also include a deep dive on electrolytes. Salts may be even more critical than water.

@spencermeredith6506

5 күн бұрын

Plants crave it

@Andrew-ut1yv

5 күн бұрын

Cuz Brawndo has ELECTROLYTES!!!

@serpicowasright4029

5 күн бұрын

Absolutely! Maybe a good segue into a DC video on personal health. If you don't have proper electrolyte levels in your body you inhibit movement of water and minerals between your cells. Super important!

@justadummy8076

5 күн бұрын

It’s difficult to say it’s “more” critical than water, I’d say it’s equally critical

@justadummy8076

5 күн бұрын

Salt is relatively easy to come across, it doesn’t expire, it’s commonly available, probably the easiest thing to loot in a SHTF situation, I’d say you don’t really have to bother stocking up on it coz it’s so abundant

The scary reality in the desert is, unless you can afford to set up a collection system storing thousands of gallons, you'll eventually be screwed. Some discussion of pools, safe treatment and such would be great. A lot easier to use what you might already have.

@dothedewinme

3 күн бұрын

Yep a 10,000 gallon pool would be a HUGE asset to have. I’ve seen a long succession dogs drink that pool water everyday for 12-14 years and while it doesn’t kill them obviously at some point you might want to figure out a way to remove the chlorine that’s NOT boiling and distilling water one pot at a time although that could work in a pinch short term. The rest is just have any normal filter like a sawyer but mean to process gallons at a time.

@MB-jg4tr

2 күн бұрын

Most people overlook the swimming pool as an amazing water storage method

@backcountryxpeditions655

19 сағат бұрын

@@MB-jg4tr They are great as long as you can defend them and plan on "bugging in". Pools are very difficult to move haha

@MB-jg4tr

7 сағат бұрын

@@backcountryxpeditions655 well yeah lol. Bugging in is usually the best option, unless you're absolutely forced to flee. Once you bug out you're basically a refuge.

This conversation is one of the many reasons I bought a house in an area with very good water on a well.

Great content, love this video. I think this is the best video I’ve ever seen about water storage, and water purification and I’ve been storing water for years. Learned some new things here that I will address with my water storage. This is why I’m subscribed to you guys. Please keep making more videos like this on the practical preparedness side.

Yes finally a proper video that talks about the subject nobody wants to talk about: water! And how chronic mismanagement of our infrastructure (by bloodthirsty, for profit politicians on both sides of the aisle, but they don't mention that part)

As a water plant operator of a 60yr old plant…I confirm all these fears

Great information. Thank you for creating and hosting this. Definitely some more to think about.

I feel so blessed to have a well with a hand pump to clean water

@dirty-civilian

4 күн бұрын

That’s awesome.

You guys are saving lives with this video. Good work.

My 250 litre containers previously contained gin! For the first year the water had a very nice flavour. I fill them with chlorinated tap water and change them out every year.

One of the best pieces of information you guys have done! Great job!

The Water Boy would be so proud of all of us! Seriously though this video nailed it. People need to start taking things like this seriously. I do not know what is going to happen in the future, but something tells me to prepare. Some feel exactly like I do while others think I am stupid. I have never hoped to be stupid, but I do hope I am wrong. One thing I am not wrong on is what I learned from watching Garand Thumb. 3 Days without water before you are dead and 24 hours after no water you are worth nothing because you will be cramping up and dehydrated. Stay safe and have a blessed day everyone.

@waterboy239

2 күн бұрын

Your comment warms my little waterboy heart

@DyingBreed1776

2 күн бұрын

@@waterboy239 haha thats awesome

have always been hearing of cana in similar videos, but have just come to appreciate how they made access to safe water a mission. the last point on bringing people together in crises is something not many people in the preparedness space have talked about, and is something to integrate into one's survival philosophy. great helpful vid, thanks!

As an older female with no army or professional training I have learnt a lot from this video. I don’t have much spare income but would really like to get a steri pen . Also had the idea of a written plan and data sheets. I have a note pad I am building info up in. Simple instructions for what to do, what to take in certain scenarios as I’m sure there would be a lot of panic in an emergency even for very prepared people.

Water is life 👌

Your most valuable video yet. Well done, this is incredibly important.

A baseline for anyone trying to develop an emergency water plan is getting a better understanding your water infrastructure. For my family living in rural New York, who rely on well water, they mostly maintain a electric and manual water pump. Some also keep rainwater catchment systems, with additional in-house filtration systems (a Berkey water filter as an example)

I came across your video's today, this one on water is the most comprehensive program I've seen to date .

Zach is such a G when it comes to water and purification. I'm so glad you guys linked up and put this on for the people. What a great episode! DARC, Cana and dirty civilian have added so much great knowledge to the community. Great episode guys!!! Thank you for everything you guys put out!

Thanks for always providing life saving information.

Incredibly valuable information; excellent video. I will incorporate some of this. Thanks guys

Love all these prepping-type videos.

This is another reason I like living out in the country where there’s a couple of large lakes near me and plenty of springs and artesian wells so I don’t necessarily have to store large quantities of water I have a decent level of water security as long as I have a method to purify it

@5jjt

2 күн бұрын

You might just find someone, or some people, bathing in there or fighting over that resource.

@JacobsTrash

13 сағат бұрын

Large groups of people will come for your resources when theirs runs out.

Very excited about the Caddyshack reference

Excellent ideas!

youd have to watch this 10 times to learn even half of it, insane amount of information

Fantastic video as usual. This is the stuff that's really the most important for us prepared civilians. Thanks for bringing such knowledgeable professionals onto the channel to share their knowledge.

This was a useful, thought provoking video!

you guys put out some of *the* best content out there, thank you!

I love your videos, yes you can watch 5 videos and get the same info, but these are longer, all in-depth without the bs and you bring in pros. Much love to the channel ❤

I'm going to have to watch this again and take some notes. This is probably the best water purification video that I have seen. Thank you for the great information!

This is the content I’m here for!! WOO!!!

Another great informative video guys! Love it!

Absolute gold mine. Thanks for the great info

You guys make the best content. Definitely going to need to give this one another watch..... this was a lot of great info. My one piece of advice is lower level than this is- start with cases or gallons of water. Most people are short on cash, but if you grab a few cases of bottled water to store up each time you go to the store you are way better than most people. Once you have like 8 case packs, move up from there. Also, cycle through them of course.

My neighbor down the street has four, 275 gallon water tanks outside his home with a large garden right next to the street. Two tanks are on the side of his house and two are in the woods about 25yds from his home. He's definitely more prepared than I am technically, but having resources like that that can be seen from the road by anyone simply taking a daily stroll seems very unwise to me.

@skydivingcomrade1648

5 күн бұрын

Not everyone thinks they are prey.

@DanielAngelLuna

5 күн бұрын

​@@skydivingcomrade1648 Everyone can get overwhelmed against a committed coordinated attack. Why be a high viz target?

@skydivingcomrade1648

5 күн бұрын

@@DanielAngelLuna absolutely

@paladin556

4 күн бұрын

Most people would think he is just a gardener/farmer and that the water is uses to grow his crop. Just about every small farm in my area has several totes to water their gardens or animals.

@NomadHorizon

3 күн бұрын

​@@paladin556 Even more reason to be worried, cause then the undesirables are thinking, "Ooo, water and food!"

As someone who lives in the desert, (AZ) I think about water and the preps around water ALL the time! I loved this video and it gave me some great ideas and showed me some new products to add to the water preps. Keep up these types of videos DC!

@austinallen7081

4 күн бұрын

Besides storing water bottles and jugs what else can we do? I’m in phoenix too

@MB-jg4tr

2 күн бұрын

Get a medium sized above ground pool, chlorine keeps the water from going bad. Then have some water filters to drink it.

@rageagainsthedyingofthelight

Күн бұрын

@austinallen7081 Store wet wipes for field showers to help preserve your water. It's not comfortable but when it's the real deal water is gold. Have the tools / equipment on hand to make an out house. You'll save a ton of grey water by having a little tent outside as a makeshift outhouse by not using the toilet. Of course that would be for the real long term emergency. I try to estimate as best I can just what my water consumption would be if a grid down black swan event went down as well as how long a single bar of soap with shower water would last. No fuel to drive which means walking or a bike. No ac which means a lot more sweating and I'm an arizona guy myself. Physical activities will be on the high end. Discipline, a good shade hat and keep your body covered, and electrolytes. Hopefully that helps 👍

One of the best water videos I’ve ever seen! Nice work! 👍🏼

I’ve been thinking alot about water lately. Thank you. Great information.

Great video, thanks🇺🇸

yo this video is absolutely nuts. so informative and just the kind of video i was looking for to plan a water system for short and long term.

This guy is the Water freak!

Great content as always. Thank you!

Great video ❤

This is the video I didn’t know I needed !

Awesome video chaps

Great content guys! Thanks so much.

This is great info, most people don't realize how much water they use on a daily basis's just in normal circumstances, let alone during an emergency or disaster.

As someone who works specifically with SCADA systems....finding an unsecured SCADA system in 2024 would be a needle in a haystack event. They're all pretty hardened at this point, and have a ton of failsafes. Like in your example, if someone "pulled up next to a sewage pump, logged in, and started pumping raw sewage back into the system", the chances of them being able to do that at all are slim, and if they did it would be throwing all kinds of alarms and warnings for the operator of that SCADA system.

Great content guys

This channel is top tier

Pretty eye opening! We really need to take this more serious then we do. Im one who is really into being prepared. Been through a few hurricanes and know how bad things can get. Even more so during covid seeing 2 women fighting over toilet paper was a big wake up to seeing how far people will go for the most basic needs! I do a lot of prepping for unexpected moments but water was not as high on my list as this video shows its essential!

Great info! Thanks!

Love the video ❤

legit content here. possibly the most important aspect of the "what if's"

Always a great video

I had this happen to me last month it took them about two weeks. And then the water was brown and still is some times. If it wasn't for a local town we wouldn't have any. Take notes from this. The state and government doesn't care. Unless it kills their vote.

Storing water is ok but I'm gonna keep stacking more Brawndo, plus it has electrolytes.

@rogerwood5228

5 күн бұрын

It's what plans crave.

@jmc112485

5 күн бұрын

I like money

Really enjoyed how passionate this guy was about water haha

Why did the apartment collapse? I guess the guy was storing water 😂😂

Great video, thank you!

Damn good video gents! Great Intel, great messages! Thanks!

This was awesome, tons of great info. I like this deep dive into the logistics side of preparedness. I think a similar video on emergency food storage, maintenance, and rotation would be a really good topic if y'all have the time.

Great video

Great video, it was very informative. Thank you for producing it.

@dirty-civilian

4 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome video

This was a great piece of instruction, great job guys, a note check how much weight your floor joist can carry before you start putting large water containers on them, basement cement floors tend to be fine even for those big totes, but wood floors I would be very careful. For individual systems go belt and suspenders filter , purify, and UV, gravity filter, because you can process more water as you are doing something else, and the bag lets you move water off site in an impermissible environment, but then add purification, and UV, a sick crew from bad water can be a death sentence. The new portable reverse osmosis systems are coming in cheap, add it to your kit, you need power to run it, but if you have a vehicle, or are carrying a battery pack and solar, you are good to go.

Good video. Thanks for info.

Keep up the good videos

Always love The Office references 😂

Absolutely brilliant content, thank you very much. Expert level knowledge delivered in a very accessible and understandable way.

@dirty-civilian

4 күн бұрын

Much appreciated!

We got our water fracked about 5 years ago. Used to be the best well water I’ve ever tasted. Now it’s fracked . We lost our contract with Sunkist growers association and asked why a hundred year contract is void and they said no more contracts with fracked water. So we now go straight to the creek with and drink through becket blacks

This is life saving stuff

That ad transition 🤌 😂

I love you iac guys

That Modlite ad was devious 😂

This was fantastic. Dudes freakin knowledgable

This is great

This is the video people need to

Nice video.

As a person that works in public works for a water department I can confirm this. Crazy shit