How to store water

tiff

Can anyone advise on storing tap or bottled water? I'm thinking of storing some in my shed, if it gets hot in the summer will the water be safe, is there a way to bottle tap water and store it? Any tips/advice?

seabright

Bottled water (i.e. water bottled by a professional water company, like Perrier) has a use by date on. But I wouldn't store tap water, other than as ice cubes for my G&T's.

Why do you want to store tap water?

tiff

I want to store water in case of water shortage in the summer. I was just wondering the best way to do it.

seabright

The poor summers for the past two years, plus the high winter rainfall mean that the resevoirs are full. I wouldn't bother, if I were you.

geordie_joe

tiff wrote: »

I want to store water in case of water shortage in the summer.

You're going to need a lot of bottles then :rotfl:

tiff wrote: »

I was just wondering the best way to do it.

Dig a hole, a really big hole and line it with polythene :rotfl:

Sorry, but reading your post brings to mind the words "Del Boy" and "Peckham Spring Water"

dandy-candy

http://www.ehow.com/how_1296_store-water-emergency.html

Loads of good stuff on this site - enjoy

Bronnie

tiff wrote: »

I want to store water in case of water shortage in the summer. I was just wondering the best way to do it.

Do you live in the UK?
Do you know something we don't know?
Do tell!

D&DD

I think its always sensible to keep a few bottles of water stored,we woke up one morning last year and had vans with loudhailers touring the streets warning us our water supply had been contaminated by sewage
The shops were cleared for an entire week of ALL water as everyone was panic buying :rolleyes:

davetrousers

If there is a water shortage, then there are restrictions on non-essential use (ie hosepipe bans) .

Who is your water company? For you to be worried I take it you must be in the South East?

Hoarding (lots of) Water for drinking purposes is not necessary.

Bronnie

D&DD wrote: »

I think its always sensible to keep a few bottles of water stored,we woke up one morning last year and had vans with loudhailers touring the streets warning us our water supply had been contaminated by sewage
The shops were cleared for an entire week of ALL water as everyone was panic buying :rolleyes:

I agree, but there's a bit of a difference between buying a cheap multipack of large (sealed) bottles of water from the supermarket to keep in the cupboard and considering stashing water in a motley assortment of containers in the shed.
Or is the OP just planning to use the water for gardening purposes?
I'm curious.

firework

hi tiff, thanks for the o p as i have often wondered this myself - hopefully the need will not arise but you never know...

thanks to dandy for that link- lots of interesting reading on that site.

and remember folks - no such thing as a daft question on this site