Water storage deserves the same prep mindset as your guns

Water is the prep most gun owners put off, and Linda from Food Storage Moms has a rundown of the containers worth your money, from 250-gallon tanks to stackable WaterBricks.

Snapshot

Linda, author of "Prepare Your Family For Survival," recommends 4 gallons of water per person per day for drinking, cooking, hygiene, and limited laundry. Her article walks through tank sizes, barrels, and portable brick containers, plus why she avoids milk jugs and relies on a product called Water Preserver to stretch water changes to five years.

Key points

• Big tanks hold the most: Linda keeps a 250-gallon and two 160-gallon food-grade, BPA-free tanks, elevated on 2x4s and strapped against earthquakes; she's seen a similar 250-gallon unit at Costco for roughly $599.
• 55-gallon barrels are workable but clunky: around $40 each in Utah, they need a bung, barrel pump, and UV bags for sun protection, since they have no spigot.
• WaterBricks for portability: the 3.5-gallon size (9"x18"x6") stacks, interlocks, and fits under a bed frame; Linda fit 16 under her queen bed for 56 gallons of grab-and-go storage.
• Skip the milk jugs: Linda warns they break down, are hard to clean, and leak; thicker juice or vinegar jugs hold up better for short-term use.
• Filtration backs up storage: she points to Big Berkey gravity filters and PortaWell pump units, the latter rated to filter up to 60 gallons per hour.

Quick take

None of this requires a gun safe or a range bag, but it's the same mindset: redundancy, quality gear, and doing it before you need it. Linda's advice to buy a little at a time, rather than scrambling when shelves empty, tracks with how most serious preppers approach ammo and food storage too.

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