Category: Water
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Water does not spoil, but stored water does. Container prep, bleach ratios, the six-month rotation rule and why plastic in a garage tastes like the garage.
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A full 55-gallon water barrel weighs about 480 pounds. Here is where to put it, how to treat and rotate the water, and how to get it back out.
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A gravity water filter runs with no pump and no power. Here is how fast they really are, what they remove, and how to size one for a whole household.
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Well water testing without the guesswork: which contaminants to check every year, which every few years, what a lab panel costs, and how to read the report.
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Rainwater is clean when it falls and dirty by the time it reaches your barrel. Here is what your roof adds, and the filter chain that removes it.
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Collecting rainwater is legal in most of the US. Only a few states set real limits, and Colorado, Utah and Nevada are the ones you should read first.
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How much emergency water to store, what to store it in, where to put it so the floor holds, and how often it really needs rotating. With the weights.
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A hand pump for a well only works if it matches your static water level. Depth limits, real costs, sharing a casing, and where the marketing stops.
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Your well pump is dead and the tap still runs for a minute. Here is exactly how much water is left, what to do first, and how to get more.