Air is the most immediate physical need. Water is next. "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse." Rev 22 1-5
@@blackhawk_1317 You can live much longer without food than without water. Depending on who you ask, the human body is 60%+ water and the brain is almost entirely water. It's critical to have enough water every day.
@@alexanderelkorek #1 Ammo, you have no idea what's coming #2 Meds #3 Air/Water #4 Food #5 Generator #6 Fuel 20,000,000 individuals starved and/or froze to death in WW2. That's a tiny fraction of who isn't prepared for the aftermath of America's November election, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS. The European Cabel still dangles America's politicians by the financial strings on their backs, and always will ! Stop pointing your fingers at the American tax payers.
Having a test kit is vital. The little woman and I flew out to look at some homes and acreage and one thing I wanted was a well and a stream. Our testing revealed bad stuff in the aquifer and the stream from farming and ranching. I should've taken note from the pictures inside the house of the large stashes of bottled water, which I won't drink either....I feel stuck in this horrible city...
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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 always thought rain water was good to drink, depending on how it's collected. I seen water collected right from their roof with asphalt shingles and all the bird do-do it could have but yeah. Even rain water needs to be treated according to what I read..odd..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
Water treatment - consider silver. My family has a 500 gallon white tank for 25 years, with a silver dollar half dangling - via fish line hanging from the inside center - into the water. The silver that leaches from that silver dollar keeps the filtered water pure and has been tested thus. All just to say it’s worked for my family.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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 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 RUclips. 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 RUclips 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 👍
There are men who own up to their roles as protector and provider. Im praying my daughters will have husbands like this man. Thank you for giving us this tutorial as most will gatekeep this nugget of knowledge. God bless!
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.
I really appreciate that all of your screengrabs from Amazon and other retailers include prices. This video in 2-3 years is going to be an excellent way to show just how bad inflation gets.
My wife and I are on a limited budget, she's pregnant and I'm the sole financial provider. I work outdoors and my job provides us water, standard plastic water bottle. Instead of throwing these away I've started taking them home, fill them up with our water purifier at home and then store them. Free. Easy. Purified water.
Plastic water bottle like Dasani bottles? Those plastics break down over time and leech into your water. They're also clear so you have to pay extra caution to keep them out of direct sunlight. Not saying they can't be used they are just a much shorter term storage solution than all the methods mentioned in the video.
I have to carry water because of a couple broken pipes. I use Arizona juice jugs because they are easy to carry and if they get a leak I buy another to replace the broken one. It’s good maybe for short term storage even if they don’t stack lol. I don’t like those single use bottles for storage, the water tastes funny after a bit even new ones.
Keep those for shorter term. For longer storage I reuse glass spring water bottles (blue) for longer term storage. I also refill them with distilled water. City Prepping also has a water video although it’s a couple years old by now.
Well water gets contaminated as well. You still need water treatment- think of the train derailment in Ohio. If that was north of your water supply, your well would be impacted.
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!
I have a broken pipe from the winter that I haven’t had the money to fix yet so I carry water for my house. I have an ok system. I have two 2gallon containers for flushing, four 4gallon containers for dish water and washing up and general cleaning and 8 one gallon containers for drinking water. I reuse Arizona juice jugs because they are easy to carry. They mostly get refilled every week for me and my two cats. Dish water and washing up water becomes “gray” water that gets its second use in the bathroom throne 🤭 I shower and do laundry once a week at my son’s house and I get my water there also. Now that I have a steady bit of money coming in I am now thinking about some long term water storage. You gave me some good options. 😊 Thanks 👍🏻
Just recently stumbled on your channel. I really appreciate your videos so far. No fluff, no extra unnecessary BS, and for the love of God, NO CLICK BAIT TITLES.
Get a high capacity dehumidifier, a portawell, battery, solar panel suffi ient to charge the battery and operate the dehumidifier, associated cables and power supplies, and water storage containers of your choice. Now you're set for fixed and mobile water requirements. You're welcome. Shalom.
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.
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.
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)
Is a 70 year old man I understand everything he said and black and white. Has the whole you guys keep doing what you're doing. Listening is much better than reading considering I have dyslexia🎉
My plan: -Deep well, with three ways to pump water out of it. -Two ponds. Of course, I made the decision long ago to live way out in the mountains of Wyoming on 20 acres at the end of the line. Good luck back there in the cities.
Good video, would be good to add a section on rain catchment and garden irrigation. In a crisis you don’t want to lose out catching rainwater or inefficiently watering your garden.
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.
Dude got several things wrong in the video. He said hollow-fiber filters like the Sawyer remove BPA when the label literally warns you that it doesn't since BPA is a chemical that leeches from plastic and not a particulate that can be filtered. He also said translucent plastic is bad because it 'let's in UV light which microbes use to grow', when its the total opposite in reality-- UV kills bacteria but is blocked by plastic, and the visible light that gets through allows algae to grow via photosynthesis, which is then fed on by bacteria. He also claimed filters below 0.2 microns are purifiers, when in reality it's the activated carbon and chemical treatment that makes a purifier, as filters alone can't remove dissolved metals and chemicals, otherwise desalination wouldn't be so energy intensive.
I know in home filter systems use UV light as part of filter systems but rain catchment are usually black or something opaque to avoid UV penetrating the holding tanks. Maybe both are true depending n the applications?
@@GiGiGoesShopping holding tanks are opaque so light doesn't get in and promote algae growth, which would feed other organisms and allow them to multiply. The UV is meant to kill any bacteria or other microorganisms that were washed into the tank by the rain, and the effectiveness of UV treatment depends on the dose each organism receives, so you'd have to install multiple large UV sources in your storage tank to treat it all, repeating every time it rains. Instead of doing that, it's much more efficient to install the UV light in-line so it only has to treat the water that's passing through the smaller diameter of a pipe or hose. This way you only treat the water that's about to come out of the tap, ensure all the water reaching the tap has been treated, and save energy by only turning it on as you need it.
Yeah, this is really frustrating to watch, but the practical consideration of the matter is worth something at least. People who go on to do their own research and build their own systems will be better off than if they never watched this video at least.
I think that looking at primitive ways of cleaning/purifying water filtering through natural medias such as sand after gravel then boiling/distilling. would be best to learn for long term since these preps will run out.
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.
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
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!
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
Always feel pretty lucky living up in the Midwest by the great lakes, in walking distance from like 5 lakes and 200 meters from a river. It's still important to be able to clean and filter that water but it's also something you take for granted and you don't think what a serious struggle water can be for people out west and down south of me.
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 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 👍
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.
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!
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.
There is a man named MOSES WEST providing an infinite water machine to people. It's basically a huge dehumidifier. I plan on making one or buying one eventually.
I noted that you are saying to treat you're stored water with Chlorine Dioxide (Aquamira), that's great and it works fantastic however we found that the Aquamira in the plastic bottles has a very short shelf life. We treated our stored water then rotated it out after the 5 years and wanted to start over with fresh water and the Aquamira we had previously opened and used, (I can't remember which the part A or part B bottle) had dissolved and was no longer usable. So in other words don't purchase the Aquamira in plastic bottles purchase it in the glass bottles if you plan or are keeping it for future use or long term storage! Thank you for the video and valuable information. Cheers: Markus
The big containers with the cage is what we have an abundance of here in Rome GA some people just put a strip of painters tape on the corner and paint it black. If you live somewhere that doesn't have running water those containers black made a great way to take a shower outside the black heats up the water to have a hot shower.
8:45 Remember when you place a drum, the structure under it needs to be strong enough to hold that final weight, plus human weight, plus other items weight.
Anything that removes the need for complex thinking processes while under stress is extremely useful 27:38. We live in part of the South East that was just impacted by Helene, & now made worse by the federal government. We, fortunately, didn’t get hit as hard as neighboring counties. I discovered that even though I am pretty good under stress I was forgetting very basic things that I do all the time. I forgot lock combinations for locks I use daily. I forgot our alarm company “safe word” as our burglar alarm was going off, etc. Anything to help prevent catastrophic mistakes is more useful than I imagined.
Please do a show about tinting your windows. I work in downtown St. Louis with some people from East St. Louis. They all have tinted windows for safety. They said nobody is gonna rob somebody with blacked out tinted windows cause all they know is there’s a gun pointed at them on the other side of that window, but if you go run around with clear windows and they can see where you’re looking and see what you look like. Wait until you’re back is turned.
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!
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)
Some of those Walmart style stackable 3 gallons are BPA free. While I would still filter them myself, you could take a rattle can to the outside to stop light.
but remember BPA is no Plastic its a chemical. SO this cannot be filtered with any hollow fibre filter. That is filtering paticles out of the water, if you want to filter bpa you need a carbon filter or something else that can filter chemicals out.
This is a great video about things most people don't think about when traveling. Nobody thought it would be like that and you end up getting stuck. I travel a little prepared for stuff but now I'll always take some cash for emergencies. I'm glad you made it out and are safe and sound.
I know a thing or 2, professionally and I have been studying and applying preparedness for over 40 years. I will always learn a thing or 3 from your videos. Great stuff, thanks fellas.
Great Video, one small note, this guy is obviously capable and knowledgeable with his own gear to filter even plastic from his water, but for the every day guy out there, when possible, try to use a drinking water safe hose (like Rv/Boat hoses) when you are filling your potable water. These are relatively cheap. You could buy more expensive food grade tubing and hoses if your really want to, but for prepping the standard RV hose for $20 would do.
Water is the most important item in life and if you don’t have clean water you will do risky things to satisfy your thirst. Also there is a drain on all hot water heaters if the power goes out you can drink water from there as low by as the water itself is good.
I hope you guys do a full video like, "hey you bought your first house off grid and don't know shit, here's the bare minimum of all aspects If the grid went down"
One of the best videos showcasing all the good options available nowadays. This made it super simple for me to share this video with unprepared family.
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'm a water purification nerd and this info was clear to understand and highly beneficial. Awesome that y'all are focusing on something as 'boring' but also as vital as water.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
Just found your channel. i like it. no b.s., no fear mongering. just simple facts. i have 2 ponds on my homestead, stocked with fish. part of my prep strategy. now i need to prep water purification. thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It is getting overwhelming with all this shtf prepping. I agree do what you can, but it’s info like you shared here that offers a more balanced perspective.
I would really love to see Zach's thoughts on rain water collection, Cana's existance is such an amazing level bump for preparedness and understanding of such an important principle.
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
Desal is very expensive. That's why very few water plants do it. For a single person/family the most budget friendly would probably be distilling the water. Time consuming but relatively cheap compared to other options.
The upside is you can use this brine water to make salt. Salt will be valuable in a grid down scenario. Maybe trade it for water, can make the salt now to stock up on.
Despite being one of the least interesting topics in the preparedness community, water is one of, if not the most important topics next to safeguarding your ability to breathe. I have to commend you: this is probably the most valuable and information dense videos you have produced
I respect a lot of the knowledge being shared by Zach; however, as a microbiologist I find a lot of inconsistencies with his logic of multiple filtration. As an end user you are completely fine running 1) non-treated water (ie: tap water/from a source with no visible particulate) through a 2) single stage 1 micron filter into a BPA free long term storage solution with a 3) suitable stabilizer. There really is no need for a secondary filtration from an already sterile source UNLESS you are unsure how effective your initial sterilization process was.
I’m not a microbiologist but I have read up on solar purification. The idea that clear water with a negligible amount of particulates exposed to direct sunlight would foster microbial growth sent me spinning. I literally just saw a video the other day about a guy leaving water in a sealed clear container in direct sunlight and had to check to see if his results were accurate, so I checked a pubmed paper and they verified the information as well as showed me extra steps to further purify drinking water using salt and lime juice. UV light is harmful to organisms which is why we use it as a disinfectant, to propose that it encourages growth is just silly.
@@ronejr766 yes, they are attenuated some, but UV rays can pass through clear plastics, the opaque plastics are what you want to look out for in terms of being microbe breeding grounds. Glass is the ideal container for purifying water for various reasons including negligible degradation, chemically inert, no risk of microplastics, higher heat tolerance, and increased UV transparency. Compared to plastics, you can boil water, reuse glass for much longer, and UV sanitize your water.
Couple things jumped to my mind during this video. First most houses are not reinforced well enough to store 55 gallon drums on floors that aren’t a poured concrete slab. Second any good warehouse guy can show you how to tip the full 55 gallon drums and spin them across the floor. Our truck guy could do one in each hand without breaking a sweat. I don’t do it enough to be smooth anymore, but I can still move them easy enough!
That's 458 lbs, which should be just fine on most floors, if there's a concern you could add a wider base such as a wooden pallet to spread the weight out.
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.
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.
Out of all those I have the Aqua brick. I got their 4 pack to test out. Has not leaked so far. I haven’t tried their spigot though. But so far I like it. I can put 4 of those in my tiny little convertible trunk , versus 3 (3 gallon) round bottles that you normally get at water stores. And if it came down to it, water storage is temporary, you need a means to also purify /filter on the go. I have Grayl and Epic water filter (in hydro flask) to also supplement
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.
Well sounds like a good thing Anon has gained access to make it known there are weaknesses to be exploited. This is the only way government will acknowledge the problem. Thank you for the information, also thank you for saying it’s not just you that needs water but help your neighbor too. Very cool.
I’d NEVER recommend Berkey (that tall metal filter) because they have been having HUGE issues with their filters not filtering properly. I have first hand experience of ten brand new, out of the box, filters failing the red dye test which meant they weren’t filtering my water. Berkey (millennium concepts) has a class action law suit as a result. Please consider placing disclaimer of sorts on this video
Content creators should always be vetting recommendations, or at minimum being transparent if they haven't vetted a particular product. Although this audience in particular should know to trust but always verify, there's an innate trust from viewers who will presume recommended products are vetted and safe when featured in videos their subscribed channels upload. Some even blindly follow and dump everything into an Amazon order. I understand there are a lot of products covered in this video in particular, but a suggestion for you guys at DC - having something like a "DC Recommended!" stamp for featured items in videos would at least say "hey guys we've looked into this product at least a little, it's safe and solid with no glaring concerns"... I know doing that multiplies your labor by some factor but it will boost your audience's trust in your words by tenfold. If there's a product that's not vetted, you can disclose that and crowdsource viewers' experiences in comments - especially important for getting real information with the hyper commercialization, fraudulent positive reviews planted by companies, censorship of negative reviews, and overall enshittification of product information sources like Reddit, Amazon, etc. Getting harder and harder for reviews/recommendations to pass the squint test.
Great video and definitely food for thought…. Or water for thought? Jokes aside, that last segment really is key. Plan for more than just your immediate needs. You don’t have to store for your entire neighborhood, but you also can’t make it long term without some kind of community. Having cool gear and supplies is great till everyone around you is getting malnourished and you’re still healthy, then people start noticing and instead of allies and teammates you’re dealing with desperate people that will do whatever to gain access to what you have. Build your community now.
That's why the ancient Egyptians all drank beer, including the children! Beer and alcohol is sterile and most likely the safest to drink! Store a shit ton of booze!
I have been working on water collection. Currently I have 150 gallons connected to a rain water collection system. Getting set up to expand another 300 gallons for a total of 450 gallons (I get 55 gallon blue plastic drums that had windshield fluid. Very easy to starilze for water use ane very cheep.)Now that needs to be boiled granted, working on a filter system. We also keep 4 cases of the 16.9 Oz bottled water at all times and rotate oldest on top newest on bottom but thats 20 gallons already clean and ready to go. Water is stupid stupid important and often overlooked.
I am fortunate enough to have well water. And our local city water is gravity fed from a water tank it's fed from a well as well. As long as I have a generator or a hand pump I can get clean water.
It can still get contaminated, always have a back up way to filter and clean it! I got a swimming pool, which if shit ever hits the fan im gonna filter it with a lil sawyer filter
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 ❤
Water should be prioritized above all other preps.
And food to
Air is the most immediate physical need. Water is next.
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse." Rev 22 1-5
@@blackhawk_1317 You can live much longer without food than without water. Depending on who you ask, the human body is 60%+ water and the brain is almost entirely water. It's critical to have enough water every day.
@@alexanderelkorek
#1 Ammo, you have no idea what's coming
#2 Meds
#3 Air/Water
#4 Food
#5 Generator
#6 Fuel
20,000,000 individuals starved and/or froze to death in WW2. That's a tiny fraction of who isn't prepared for the aftermath of America's November election, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS. The European Cabel still dangles America's politicians by the financial strings on their backs, and always will ! Stop pointing your fingers at the American tax payers.
Having a test kit is vital. The little woman and I flew out to look at some homes and acreage and one thing I wanted was a well and a stream. Our testing revealed bad stuff in the aquifer and the stream from farming and ranching. I should've taken note from the pictures inside the house of the large stashes of bottled water, which I won't drink either....I feel stuck in this horrible city...
As a plumber, every American needs to watch this video right now
com plumb/mech lol facts
As a water plant operator of a 60yr old plant…I confirm all these fears
Do you put the fluoride in the water? The government mandates that poison for everybody.
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.
Do it and tell us if you were successful, please
He was successful I can attest. My water was a bit salty.
@@mattjones2597 Hey, urine is sterile. For all we know he improved the quality.
@@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.
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.
Ditto. Very well done.
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.
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.
@@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.
I might disagree a bit. He has a Berkey. Berkey water filtration has a class action against them because their filters aren’t filtering.
Would really like to see a video on wells, manual vs solar well pumps, cisterns, and rain water collection methods.
this
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
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
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 always thought rain water was good to drink, depending on how it's collected. I seen water collected right from their roof with asphalt shingles and all the bird do-do it could have but yeah. Even rain water needs to be treated according to what I read..odd..
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.
Ah but can you cook minute rice in 58 seconds?
@@Katana_Gryphon I’m faster than that, 57.99 secs. I even put it as a bullet on my eval
Lens* brother. Lense isn't a word.
@TCraig00 You didn't even bother to open a dictionary did you?
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.
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.
If you own the water key, you own your water 💪
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.
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.
@@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
Water treatment - consider silver. My family has a 500 gallon white tank for 25 years, with a silver dollar half dangling - via fish line hanging from the inside center - into the water. The silver that leaches from that silver dollar keeps the filtered water pure and has been tested thus. All just to say it’s worked for my family.
Silver is used in bandages for its steralization properties.
Like colloidal silver? How do I find knowledge on this please? Id like to do this for my family.
Space aged technology now that I think about it how about brass handles they didn't use them because they look good at bathrooms brass destroyed germs
Silver and copper both kill off virus and microbes.
@@christyallen7848yes, copper too.
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.
Australia
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.
Lots of disgruntled workers these days
This didn't happen in New Zealand. It was on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
They are actually the worst type of people to do this, They know the in and outs of the system and the facality
Life is boring...until theres no clean water😂😅😮
Everyone and everything will be dead if it is this hard to get drinkable water.
@@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.
@@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?
@@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.
@@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 RUclips. 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 RUclips 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 👍
youd have to watch this 10 times to learn even half of it, insane amount of information
He gave lots of info...I received data overload. He did say, for every price level.
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.
There are men who own up to their roles as protector and provider. Im praying my daughters will have husbands like this man. Thank you for giving us this tutorial as most will gatekeep this nugget of knowledge. God bless!
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.
Slay!
Very nice of you to point out
I really appreciate that all of your screengrabs from Amazon and other retailers include prices. This video in 2-3 years is going to be an excellent way to show just how bad inflation gets.
My wife and I are on a limited budget, she's pregnant and I'm the sole financial provider. I work outdoors and my job provides us water, standard plastic water bottle. Instead of throwing these away I've started taking them home, fill them up with our water purifier at home and then store them. Free. Easy. Purified water.
Plastic water bottle like Dasani bottles? Those plastics break down over time and leech into your water. They're also clear so you have to pay extra caution to keep them out of direct sunlight. Not saying they can't be used they are just a much shorter term storage solution than all the methods mentioned in the video.
@@trevorlaporte5951micro plastics are the least of your worries if you’re in a situation where you need to use your stored water.
I have to carry water because of a couple broken pipes. I use Arizona juice jugs because they are easy to carry and if they get a leak I buy another to replace the broken one. It’s good maybe for short term storage even if they don’t stack lol. I don’t like those single use bottles for storage, the water tastes funny after a bit even new ones.
I suggest you store your water in glass carboys . No BOA OR MICRO PLASTICS GETTING INTO YOUR WARTER STORAGE
Keep those for shorter term. For longer storage I reuse glass spring water bottles (blue) for longer term storage. I also refill them with distilled water. City Prepping also has a water video although it’s a couple years old by now.
I feel so blessed to have a well with a hand pump to clean water
That’s awesome.
Same here. 190 ft deep w/ a Simple Pump stainless steel rig.
Can one get a well without a permit…I would love to have one too?
@@estherudo2351 You should check with your city or county before spending time and money on a well only to incur legal problems with them
Well water gets contaminated as well. You still need water treatment- think of the train derailment in Ohio. If that was north of your water supply, your well would be impacted.
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 broken pipe from the winter that I haven’t had the money to fix yet so I carry water for my house. I have an ok system. I have two 2gallon containers for flushing, four 4gallon containers for dish water and washing up and general cleaning and 8 one gallon containers for drinking water. I reuse Arizona juice jugs because they are easy to carry. They mostly get refilled every week for me and my two cats. Dish water and washing up water becomes “gray” water that gets its second use in the bathroom throne 🤭 I shower and do laundry once a week at my son’s house and I get my water there also. Now that I have a steady bit of money coming in I am now thinking about some long term water storage. You gave me some good options. 😊 Thanks 👍🏻
I just started catching rain water in Lowe's buckets, I pray to God everyday to prepare me for what's to come.
Careful, in some places you will be charged with stealing the water company's rain water.
How very dare you! Lol
lowes buckets are not food grade
@@lynnvin2112Neither were the carved out chunks of tree or the clay dug out of mud that our ancestors used to get us here.
@@lynnvin2112 Lowes does sell Food Grade buckets.
Just recently stumbled on your channel. I really appreciate your videos so far. No fluff, no extra unnecessary BS, and for the love of God, NO CLICK BAIT TITLES.
Get a high capacity dehumidifier, a portawell, battery, solar panel suffi ient to charge the battery and operate the dehumidifier, associated cables and power supplies, and water storage containers of your choice. Now you're set for fixed and mobile water requirements. You're welcome. Shalom.
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.
Add bees and you have some of the best preps on the planet.
Honey bees? No don't eat the bees 😭 @@bigmambahful
@@scholasticbookfair. Bees make honey. I shouldn't have to say that.
You stayed in Minnesota?!?!
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.
just drink mountain dew code red
So childish. So sad.
On that red 40 diet i see.
@@RemingtinArms beat me to it lol
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.
@@RemingtinArmsI know much better to just drink original.
He was so knowledgeable and easy to listen to. You can tell he teaches on the reg! I love learning about water prep
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)
Is a 70 year old man I understand everything he said and black and white.
Has the whole you guys keep doing what you're doing. Listening is much better than reading considering I have dyslexia🎉
DC always adding REAL industry experts and high grade content that is relevant & valuable. Thank them here⬇
My plan:
-Deep well, with three ways to pump water out of it.
-Two ponds.
Of course, I made the decision long ago to live way out in the mountains of Wyoming on 20 acres at the end of the line.
Good luck back there in the cities.
That sounds perfect ❤
What are the ways to pump water out that you use? My family has a well and I told them they need a manual pump.
Good video, would be good to add a section on rain catchment and garden irrigation. In a crisis you don’t want to lose out catching rainwater or inefficiently watering your garden.
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.
Dude got several things wrong in the video. He said hollow-fiber filters like the Sawyer remove BPA when the label literally warns you that it doesn't since BPA is a chemical that leeches from plastic and not a particulate that can be filtered. He also said translucent plastic is bad because it 'let's in UV light which microbes use to grow', when its the total opposite in reality-- UV kills bacteria but is blocked by plastic, and the visible light that gets through allows algae to grow via photosynthesis, which is then fed on by bacteria. He also claimed filters below 0.2 microns are purifiers, when in reality it's the activated carbon and chemical treatment that makes a purifier, as filters alone can't remove dissolved metals and chemicals, otherwise desalination wouldn't be so energy intensive.
I know in home filter systems use UV light as part of filter systems but rain catchment are usually black or something opaque to avoid UV penetrating the holding tanks.
Maybe both are true depending n the applications?
@@GiGiGoesShopping holding tanks are opaque so light doesn't get in and promote algae growth, which would feed other organisms and allow them to multiply. The UV is meant to kill any bacteria or other microorganisms that were washed into the tank by the rain, and the effectiveness of UV treatment depends on the dose each organism receives, so you'd have to install multiple large UV sources in your storage tank to treat it all, repeating every time it rains. Instead of doing that, it's much more efficient to install the UV light in-line so it only has to treat the water that's passing through the smaller diameter of a pipe or hose. This way you only treat the water that's about to come out of the tap, ensure all the water reaching the tap has been treated, and save energy by only turning it on as you need it.
That's essentially what I said albeit in more detail. 😉
@@GiGiGoesShoppingnot really, the opaque tanks aren't to prevent UV light from getting in
Yeah, this is really frustrating to watch, but the practical consideration of the matter is worth something at least. People who go on to do their own research and build their own systems will be better off than if they never watched this video at least.
I think that looking at primitive ways of cleaning/purifying water filtering through natural medias such as sand after gravel then boiling/distilling. would be best to learn for long term since these preps will run out.
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.
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
You might just find someone, or some people, bathing in there or fighting over that resource.
Large groups of people will come for your resources when theirs runs out.
Any discussion regarding water must also include a deep dive on electrolytes. Salts may be even more critical than water.
Plants crave it
Cuz Brawndo has ELECTROLYTES!!!
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!
It’s difficult to say it’s “more” critical than water, I’d say it’s equally critical
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
Always feel pretty lucky living up in the Midwest by the great lakes, in walking distance from like 5 lakes and 200 meters from a river. It's still important to be able to clean and filter that water but it's also something you take for granted and you don't think what a serious struggle water can be for people out west and down south of me.
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!
Besides storing water bottles and jugs what else can we do? I’m in phoenix too
Get a medium sized above ground pool, chlorine keeps the water from going bad. Then have some water filters to drink it.
@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 👍
Remember, Saguaro cactus is an alternate source of water!
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.
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!
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.
This conversation is one of the many reasons I bought a house in an area with very good water on a well.
You still need water treatment as the well can be impacted by chemicals in water upstream.
There is a man named MOSES WEST providing an infinite water machine to people. It's basically a huge dehumidifier. I plan on making one or buying one eventually.
I noted that you are saying to treat you're stored water with Chlorine Dioxide (Aquamira), that's great and it works fantastic however we found that the Aquamira in the plastic bottles has a very short shelf life. We treated our stored water then rotated it out after the 5 years and wanted to start over with fresh water and the Aquamira we had previously opened and used, (I can't remember which the part A or part B bottle) had dissolved and was no longer usable. So in other words don't purchase the Aquamira in plastic bottles purchase it in the glass bottles if you plan or are keeping it for future use or long term storage! Thank you for the video and valuable information. Cheers: Markus
One last comment the water you treat is good for 5 years but the Aquamira treatment only has a shelf life of 4 years from date of manufacture!
The big containers with the cage is what we have an abundance of here in Rome GA some people just put a strip of painters tape on the corner and paint it black. If you live somewhere that doesn't have running water those containers black made a great way to take a shower outside the black heats up the water to have a hot shower.
I left San Diego for Idaho years ago. I was always worried about this. Now I have water everywhere.
This dude is so awesome. You can just tell how passionate he is about water storage and I'm here for it
8:45 Remember when you place a drum, the structure under it needs to be strong enough to hold that final weight, plus human weight, plus other items weight.
Anything that removes the need for complex thinking processes while under stress is extremely useful 27:38. We live in part of the South East that was just impacted by Helene, & now made worse by the federal government. We, fortunately, didn’t get hit as hard as neighboring counties. I discovered that even though I am pretty good under stress I was forgetting very basic things that I do all the time. I forgot lock combinations for locks I use daily. I forgot our alarm company “safe word” as our burglar alarm was going off, etc.
Anything to help prevent catastrophic mistakes is more useful than I imagined.
Please do a show about tinting your windows. I work in downtown St. Louis with some people from East St. Louis. They all have tinted windows for safety. They said nobody is gonna rob somebody with blacked out tinted windows cause all they know is there’s a gun pointed at them on the other side of that window, but if you go run around with clear windows and they can see where you’re looking and see what you look like. Wait until you’re back is turned.
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!
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 love in blk mtn, Nc... very great advice. Since Helene, these are things i really need to know. Nobody saw this devastation coming
Some of those Walmart style stackable 3 gallons are BPA free. While I would still filter them myself, you could take a rattle can to the outside to stop light.
Would that paint leech thru the plastic?
but remember BPA is no Plastic its a chemical. SO this cannot be filtered with any hollow fibre filter. That is filtering paticles out of the water, if you want to filter bpa you need a carbon filter or something else that can filter chemicals out.
I stack mine in the corners of every closet in the house. The American Maid brand is BPA free.
@@jmartinez5888 Even in that case, it's not hard to tarp them or wrap them in duct tape, etc. Could use a non-toxic water based paints, and more.
This is a great video about things most people don't think about when traveling. Nobody thought it would be like that and you end up getting stuck. I travel a little prepared for stuff but now I'll always take some cash for emergencies. I'm glad you made it out and are safe and sound.
Can you guys do one on waste management next? I mean I have ideas but would be interested in seeing what other options would be!
Dig a hole....poop in it......done. It worked for centuries.
I know a thing or 2, professionally and I have been studying and applying preparedness for over 40 years. I will always learn a thing or 3 from your videos. Great stuff, thanks fellas.
Storing water is ok but I'm gonna keep stacking more Brawndo, plus it has electrolytes.
It's what plants crave.
I like money
Burrito SUPREME!
Great Video, one small note, this guy is obviously capable and knowledgeable with his own gear to filter even plastic from his water, but for the every day guy out there, when possible, try to use a drinking water safe hose (like Rv/Boat hoses) when you are filling your potable water. These are relatively cheap. You could buy more expensive food grade tubing and hoses if your really want to, but for prepping the standard RV hose for $20 would do.
Water is the most important item in life and if you don’t have clean water you will do risky things to satisfy your thirst. Also there is a drain on all hot water heaters if the power goes out you can drink water from there as low by as the water itself is good.
Probably the best video I've ever seen on this subject. The man knows his stuff and it shows. Learned a lot from this, thanks guys!
I hope you guys do a full video like, "hey you bought your first house off grid and don't know shit, here's the bare minimum of all aspects If the grid went down"
One of the best videos showcasing all the good options available nowadays. This made it super simple for me to share this video with unprepared family.
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.
This is the Best water Prepping related video that I have seen! Thank you so much and GOD Bless you for taking the time to create this !
Water is life 👌
I'm a water purification nerd and this info was clear to understand and highly beneficial. Awesome that y'all are focusing on something as 'boring' but also as vital as water.
The water turning the frogs gay!
My old neighbor says there's hormones in the water
Thats just the Monsanto
@@dieselfrk13he’s probably right 😂
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.
Is the water made of Bud Light?
Great video this guy clearly knows his stuff but knows how to explain everything perfectly
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.
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.
Most people overlook the swimming pool as an amazing water storage method
@@MB-jg4tr They are great as long as you can defend them and plan on "bugging in". Pools are very difficult to move haha
@@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.
Grow Saguaro cacti! Stores so much water and is fast growing!
Just found your channel. i like it. no b.s., no fear mongering. just simple facts. i have 2 ponds on my homestead, stocked with fish. part of my prep strategy. now i need to prep water purification. thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It is getting overwhelming with all this shtf prepping. I agree do what you can, but it’s info like you shared here that offers a more balanced perspective.
What about the Átt situation that happened a while back? Are there plans implemented for situations like that as well?
i’m also curious with the question asked above me
As of how long ago?
I would really love to see Zach's thoughts on rain water collection, Cana's existance is such an amazing level bump for preparedness and understanding of such an important principle.
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
So much information. This is by far the best video on water purification/storage I’ve ever seen. Dude has it down. Thanks for this info.
This guy is the Water freak!
Maybe his job is selling water-related stuff?
You can buy liners for the IBC totes to help reduce the risk of contamination while storing
Desalination is the big issue where I am. I cannot find a good and budget solution for that. Water is abundant but it's briny or straight salt water.
Desal is very expensive. That's why very few water plants do it. For a single person/family the most budget friendly would probably be distilling the water. Time consuming but relatively cheap compared to other options.
The upside is you can use this brine water to make salt. Salt will be valuable in a grid down scenario. Maybe trade it for water, can make the salt now to stock up on.
Make a wood fired still from a metal 55g barrel
You are doing a great job of explaining it all.As a Granny it has been very help full. I will look at the smaller size.Thank you so much
One of the best pieces of information you guys have done! Great job!
Despite being one of the least interesting topics in the preparedness community, water is one of, if not the most important topics next to safeguarding your ability to breathe. I have to commend you: this is probably the most valuable and information dense videos you have produced
I respect a lot of the knowledge being shared by Zach; however, as a microbiologist I find a lot of inconsistencies with his logic of multiple filtration. As an end user you are completely fine running 1) non-treated water (ie: tap water/from a source with no visible particulate) through a 2) single stage 1 micron filter into a BPA free long term storage solution with a 3) suitable stabilizer. There really is no need for a secondary filtration from an already sterile source UNLESS you are unsure how effective your initial sterilization process was.
I’m not a microbiologist but I have read up on solar purification. The idea that clear water with a negligible amount of particulates exposed to direct sunlight would foster microbial growth sent me spinning. I literally just saw a video the other day about a guy leaving water in a sealed clear container in direct sunlight and had to check to see if his results were accurate, so I checked a pubmed paper and they verified the information as well as showed me extra steps to further purify drinking water using salt and lime juice. UV light is harmful to organisms which is why we use it as a disinfectant, to propose that it encourages growth is just silly.
@@elterga6224í think some of this video is product pushing tbh.
@@elterga6224do the UV rays travel through the plastic?
@@ronejr766 yes, they are attenuated some, but UV rays can pass through clear plastics, the opaque plastics are what you want to look out for in terms of being microbe breeding grounds. Glass is the ideal container for purifying water for various reasons including negligible degradation, chemically inert, no risk of microplastics, higher heat tolerance, and increased UV transparency. Compared to plastics, you can boil water, reuse glass for much longer, and UV sanitize your water.
Couple things jumped to my mind during this video. First most houses are not reinforced well enough to store 55 gallon drums on floors that aren’t a poured concrete slab. Second any good warehouse guy can show you how to tip the full 55 gallon drums and spin them across the floor. Our truck guy could do one in each hand without breaking a sweat. I don’t do it enough to be smooth anymore, but I can still move them easy enough!
Yes. When I lived in an apartment third floor neighbor made this mistake.
400 lbs on a floor from 55 gallons of water may be too heavy for other than basements or garages.
That's 458 lbs, which should be just fine on most floors, if there's a concern you could add a wider base such as a wooden pallet to spread the weight out.
I came across your video's today, this one on water is the most comprehensive program I've seen to date .
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.
Not everyone thinks they are prey.
@@skydivingcomrade1648 Everyone can get overwhelmed against a committed coordinated attack. Why be a high viz target?
@@DanielAngelLuna absolutely
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.
@@paladin556 Even more reason to be worried, cause then the undesirables are thinking, "Ooo, water and food!"
Out of all those I have the Aqua brick. I got their 4 pack to test out. Has not leaked so far. I haven’t tried their spigot though. But so far I like it. I can put 4 of those in my tiny little convertible trunk , versus 3 (3 gallon) round bottles that you normally get at water stores.
And if it came down to it, water storage is temporary, you need a means to also purify /filter on the go. I have Grayl and Epic water filter (in hydro flask) to also supplement
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.
Well sounds like a good thing Anon has gained access to make it known there are weaknesses to be exploited. This is the only way government will acknowledge the problem. Thank you for the information, also thank you for saying it’s not just you that needs water but help your neighbor too. Very cool.
I’d NEVER recommend Berkey (that tall metal filter) because they have been having HUGE issues with their filters not filtering properly. I have first hand experience of ten brand new, out of the box, filters failing the red dye test which meant they weren’t filtering my water. Berkey (millennium concepts) has a class action law suit as a result. Please consider placing disclaimer of sorts on this video
Content creators should always be vetting recommendations, or at minimum being transparent if they haven't vetted a particular product. Although this audience in particular should know to trust but always verify, there's an innate trust from viewers who will presume recommended products are vetted and safe when featured in videos their subscribed channels upload. Some even blindly follow and dump everything into an Amazon order.
I understand there are a lot of products covered in this video in particular, but a suggestion for you guys at DC - having something like a "DC Recommended!" stamp for featured items in videos would at least say "hey guys we've looked into this product at least a little, it's safe and solid with no glaring concerns"... I know doing that multiplies your labor by some factor but it will boost your audience's trust in your words by tenfold. If there's a product that's not vetted, you can disclose that and crowdsource viewers' experiences in comments - especially important for getting real information with the hyper commercialization, fraudulent positive reviews planted by companies, censorship of negative reviews, and overall enshittification of product information sources like Reddit, Amazon, etc. Getting harder and harder for reviews/recommendations to pass the squint test.
Great video and definitely food for thought…. Or water for thought? Jokes aside, that last segment really is key. Plan for more than just your immediate needs. You don’t have to store for your entire neighborhood, but you also can’t make it long term without some kind of community. Having cool gear and supplies is great till everyone around you is getting malnourished and you’re still healthy, then people start noticing and instead of allies and teammates you’re dealing with desperate people that will do whatever to gain access to what you have. Build your community now.
Heard a saying that Cowboy’s long ago said Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting.
That's why the ancient Egyptians all drank beer, including the children! Beer and alcohol is sterile and most likely the safest to drink! Store a shit ton of booze!
I have been working on water collection. Currently I have 150 gallons connected to a rain water collection system. Getting set up to expand another 300 gallons for a total of 450 gallons (I get 55 gallon blue plastic drums that had windshield fluid. Very easy to starilze for water use ane very cheep.)Now that needs to be boiled granted, working on a filter system. We also keep 4 cases of the 16.9 Oz bottled water at all times and rotate oldest on top newest on bottom but thats 20 gallons already clean and ready to go.
Water is stupid stupid important and often overlooked.
I am fortunate enough to have well water. And our local city water is gravity fed from a water tank it's fed from a well as well. As long as I have a generator or a hand pump I can get clean water.
It can still get contaminated, always have a back up way to filter and clean it! I got a swimming pool, which if shit ever hits the fan im gonna filter it with a lil sawyer filter
What hand pump did you buy?
After watching this i feel like I need to rewatch and take notes. a lot of jewels dropped here as not having water is the scariest of situations.
The average American uses 80-120 gallons of water a day... We can do better, we can all easily hit 200 lets go USA USA USA.
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I don't know who you're talking about, certainly not me or anybody I know.
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 ❤