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Samurai Appliance Repair Man
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Posted: Sat Dec 10th, 2005 04:09 |
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This is the shit! It's an extremely detailed guide to treating and storing water in third-world settings-- exactly the kind of setting we'll be in during a protracted long-term emergency. From Safe Water International. 95 pages.
3 mb, pdf file
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dyneq
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Posted: Tue Dec 13th, 2005 16:20 |
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Haven't read the whole doc, but thanks for putting it here.
I see water as the most important thing to be prepared for, so I hope more people add their opinions and experiences.
One thing I have been thinking about doing is getting a rain barrel. Something like this:
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&p=10366&cat=2,2280,33168
I originally thought it would be great for gardening (they also sell a special drip irrigation kit for a barrel system), but it would also be good for the 'hard day'.
The biggest drawback I can think of is that in the winter, the water would most likely freeze where I live.
Is anyone using a barrel or care to comment?
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Samurai Appliance Repair Man
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Posted: Wed Dec 14th, 2005 13:54 |
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Excellent link! Thanks for posting that. Even though we have a well and live near surface water, as you noted, water is THE main ingredient you must have. We have a steel roof on our house with gutters so implementing cistern would be a natural.
We live in New Hampshire so, in winter, I would empty the cistern since it wouldn't get any runoff anyway.
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Corsair
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Posted: Fri Dec 23rd, 2005 16:27 |
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A few years ago (around late 1999 to be exact) I got some 55 gal plastic barrels that were used in soft drink syrup manufacturing and transportation. The place where I got them was almost giving them away, even with the increased demand of the Y2K scare. I just washed them out completely and had no problems. Just filter or treat the water before drinking.
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dyneq
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Posted: Fri Dec 23rd, 2005 18:07 |
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Thanks for that idea, Corsair. I will keep my eyes out for them. I have also been thinking that I should go to an army surplus place to see if they might have a container that is large but will still fit down the basement stairs...
I just found the following site by searching for 'cisterns'. Neat site with useful design tools and ideas like a cistern size calculator:
http://www.lid-stormwater.net/intro/sitemap.htm#raincist
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Corsair
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Posted: Fri Dec 23rd, 2005 18:42 |
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Nice thing about the plastic ones is they are light and can be moved anywhere with relative ease. And they are stackable.
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Samurai Appliance Repair Man
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Posted: Fri Dec 23rd, 2005 19:33 |
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That's a great idea, Corsair! 
There's a Pepsi bottling plant in Newport, two towns over from me. I'll swing by and see if they want to get rid of any.
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