How much water do you have per person per day in your stores?

[PanicNotAtTheDisco]

Just that really? How much water do you plan for?

[LadyMaryofDownt0n]

I am not sure what I am planning for ref water but I do have quite a bit stored away. Plus I have a well in the front yard. It's only 17p per 2ltrs so I stock up on a regular basis along with my online shop.

[ArmchairTraveller]

10L a person. Plus we have 2 rain barrels and purification tablets.
But that's not for any Ebola fears, it's just my standard emergency thinking. I check stores and replace as necessary every 6 months.

[PanicNotAtTheDisco]

10 litres per person per day? Crumbs. You must have a lot of space. Is that to include washing and cooking?

I can only store enough water for a few days of drinking. Is there even any point doing that?

No I didn't mean in case of ebola, just in case of general disaster. 17p where? In Aldi its about 30p. Not much difference I know.

[LadyMaryofDownt0n]

In asda I buy lots of it.

[scatterthenuns]

None.

[Flumplet]

Are you anticipating an Ebola pandemic op?

[LynetteScavo]

I don't gave any. How many days disaster should I be planning for?

[Flumplet]

Oh sorry just saw you further post. Had me worried then!

[StayWithMe]

I live in Northern Ireland, we don't need to store water as it rains so much.

[RattleAndRoll]

I don't have any stored.
What are we storing for?

[MrsCampbellBlack]

Has something happened whilst I was in the bath?

[AnchorDownDeepBreath]

None. But I have about 30 cans of Pepsi Max and some milk, so I might be alright for a while.

I've also got 11 bottles of wine, so I won't feel it if I'm not okay!

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

I need to stock up and currently have very little.

How much, for a month should I have? Family of 5.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

We really need a separate topic, mnhq, it's confusing.

[Caravanoflove]

I have at least 20 bottles of fizz in my fizz fridge in the garage.
Should I be storing/preparing for a disaster I'm unaware of?!

[FuckTheseSixFishInParticular]

You need anywhere from 1 - 3 gallons a day per person (depending on what you do with it, if you need it for just drinking it's obviously less than if you need to store it for cooking and washing too). And you need to make sure you include extra for pets too.

So a family of 5 would need about 5 - 15 gallons a day, ThickandThin, so 150 - 450 gallons for a month.

I agree we need a separate topic, but mnhq seems to think that we are all complete nutters so said no!

[ArmchairTraveller]

Sorry, I have 40l of drinking water stoted altogether, not per day.
That would be overkill I think!
But the rain barrels would give us another 440l

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Thank you FuckThese. We've had a sparkly new garage built and I intend to get a few supplies in there. Water uppermost.

I've messaged MNHQ, we need s topic, it's confusing.

[Redcrayons]

Mmmm I've got 4 bottles of fizzy water.
I love to jump on the MN bandwagon, but I'm a bit about why we need water

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Just in case red. We are preppers!

[Redcrayons]

In case of what?

[LynetteScavo]

So should I get a rain barrel? I think I would rather be stinky than wash in water from a rain barrel

[FuckTheseSixFishInParticular]

You can get filter systems for water butts to make them safe for use, and water purification tablets to make it safe to drink.

Redcrayons our mains water pipes froze one winter a couple of years ago and we had no water for our house for 48 hours. Including Christmas day. Fortunately we have a neighbour with a heater in her garage who let us fill some buckets. Having at least a couple of days spare water supply can make a big difference.

[sooperdooper]

I have some squash and a few cans of cider - why are people storing water, please can someone explain??