Got Water?

[Wrightwood]

[tcaarabians]

Ok, I now need to get more serious about my water supply here. I really wanted to buy some of those water barrels at the Disaster Day/Fire Safe Day a few months back. Alas, there were too many grandchildren in the truck.

So where is the best place to buy them around here? I do have a supply here.. but I want to get more serious about it. And, I need to have water for horses as well. cheryl o7o

[Wrightwood]

Costco

http://www.costco.com/Shelf-Reliance%C2%AE-Deluxe-BPA-Free-55-gallon-Barrel-Water-Storage-System.product.11766218.html

[tcaarabians]

Thanks Wrightwood... so what do you do when it freezes? I'd like to have a couple barrels down in the barn for the horses.
cheryl o7o

[Wrightwood]

You leave a couple inches when filling to provide for expansion.
Freezing has never been a problem on the barrels we've kept outdoors for close to 10 years.

[BikingBrian]

Where can I get those drops that you put in the 55 gallon drums to make sure the water is good for five years?

[Elk]

Where can I get those drops that you put in the 55 gallon drums to make sure the water is good for five years?

I got mine from Pat Bittenbender a year or two ago. I am not sure if she is still doing this or not?? I found this page that has her contact info.
http://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/WAW2010/BarrelSalesFlyerWDPT.pdf

[ezzpete]

Ok, I now need to get more serious about my water supply here. I really wanted to buy some of those water barrels at the Disaster Day/Fire Safe Day a few months back. Alas, there were too many grandchildren in the truck.

So where is the best place to buy them around here? I do have a supply here.. but I want to get more serious about it. And, I need to have water for horses as well. cheryl o7o

Craigslist:
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/for/3984983903.html

[ezzpete]

Where can I get those drops that you put in the 55 gallon drums to make sure the water is good for five years?

Aquamira at Campmore:

http://www.campmor.com/aquamira-water-treatment-drops.shtml?source=CI&ci_sku=28829&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw=

[SkierBob]

I have some water barrels up North like the ones pictured.  After two months of below freezing and 4 days at -20f they still hadn't frozen solid and they did not expand enough to crack. 

[samsonite]

There is an AWESOME store in Rancho Cucamonga that carries tons of disaster preparedness supplies including the blue water storage containers.  It's called the Honeyville Grain store. I believe it's on Archibald, but I'm not sure.  http://honeyvillegrain.com  It's a really interesting store. Check it out.

[Jirka]