Do you ever need emergency water storage? Here's an item on sale.

[Ilsa]

http://campingsurvival.com/waemdrwast.html

This site has a bathtub bladder to store 100 gallons of water on sale for $19. Amazon lists it for $30. You can store water in it for 4 weeks.

I'm getting one because I worry about accidents and natural disasters that could require the city to turn off our water supply.

[Permanut]

1. This could be a lifesaver...

I have a question for the seller though, what happens after four weeks? I'm not being facetious, if I were in a situation where I needed the water still in there after four weeks, I'd certainly use it for survival.

[LiberalLoner]

2. I would imagine that's when the chlorine stops being effective. And once

that happens, once no more chlorine is being added to the water to stop the growth of organisms, the water becomes no longer safe to drink without boiling first.

[Permanut]

4. Makes sense....

They're not showing purification tablets included, but they do have them, and it would be good to have some in any case.

[haikugal]

5. Could you add a small amount of bleach?

I'm going to get two.

[Lifelong Protester]

7. I think you could. I once lived on a sailboat with a water tank.

After getting sick, I added a MINUTE amount of bleach, and that worked.

I suggest everyone have a gallon of bleach in their emergency stash.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. See if you can get iodine tablets -- sold in Army surplus stores, maybe camping stores.

Got to be safer than drinking bleach.

[haikugal]

13. It's called Chlorine Bleach for a reason....

a small amount won't hurt you.

http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/products/bleach.htm

but tablets are good too.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Fine for wash water -- I wouldn't drink it though.

Assuming this is the only supply left in the house, I wouldn't go adding bleach to it.

(PS: I'm a PhD chemist, so I already know what's in Chlorox. I also know it reacts with organic material to make chlorinated organics which are pretty unhealthy for you, and in large excess forms chloroform. Iodine's recommended for drinking water, as an emergency measure.)

[haikugal]

15. OK...I get your point

Thanks but I won't worry about the tiny amount I would use. I'll put iodine tablets in the kit as well.

[DURHAM D]

3. Wow - I need one of those.

Think I will give a few for Christmas presents.

[Lifelong Protester]

6. Thanks for the tip and the site

I ordered this and a few other items. I live in Fitzwalkerstan, where the repubs say municipalities now don't HAVE to disinfect the water supply. Some day anyone of us might get the news about water being unsafe or unavailable.

[WhiteTara]

8. But, it is a one use item and that's a lot of plastic.

I think just filling the tub is sufficient. Boiling water or adding chlorine tabs would be effective in both scenarios, but in the end of mine, you pull the plug on the tub and voila! water gone. No plastic to dispose.

[Ilsa]

10. True, but my tub isn't sanitary enough to drink from, and

it leaks, even with different covers and stoppers I've used. I don't like fishing bugs out of an open tub of drinking water, either.

It's unfortunate that it's a one-use item, but if a municipality was expecting a flood, they might stop pumping water. Same for those little towns whose extreme drought has caused water mains to crush underground, necessitating a shut-off. They usually give people a couple of hours to prepare. Having your own temporary supply will help, maybe even save someone in heat like ours.

[matt819]

9. One more observation

100 gallons is 750 lbs. I don't know what the average fiberglass bathtub is rated for, but keep that in mind.

[Ilsa]

11. You're right. It may not be right for upper floors, but maybe it could be partially filled.