The Prepper's Water Survival Guide: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Find, Collect, Treat and Store Water. Learn The Essential Life-Saving Techniques to Survive in Any Off-Grid Situation by Marsh Jack

Author:Marsh, Jack [Marsh, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3: Storage Is Your First Defense

Storage is probably the most important thing in the life of a prepper. Stocking up on all the essentials is the first thing you can do to prepare for an emergency, and you should. Where, how, and what you store your water in can make the world’s difference. You should also know exactly how much you need to store for each person in your household. Not storing water makes you unprepared and in the most basic area. I learned this the hard way, of course.

I was around my early thirties when I started building my off-grid shelter. Thanks to a small river, I had quite a steady supply of water whenever I needed it. Let’s just say that I got comfortable with having it there and never even considered the possibility of it not being able to supply my needs.

Sometime around my third or fourth year since beginning my project, it finally happened. I figured something terrible must have happened somewhere upstream from my shelter because I woke up one day to an atrocious smell just to find that it was coming from the river. The water was murky and mysterious, and I was appalled by the odor. I didn’t want to take the chance to try boiling the water because I had no idea whether it was contaminated with chemicals or other very harmful pollutants that could remain even after boiling.

This was terrible news for me because I was reliant on that river. Now it was contaminated, and you guessed it, I had absolutely no water stored up. I had no clue what caused the smell; all I knew was that it wasn’t appetizing in the slightest. Luckily I wasn’t living in my off-grid shelter primarily at the time, and surviving was as easy as taking a trip back to civilization.

It turns out some farmer accidentally contaminated the river with a lot of animal waste from his farm, and it was nowhere near as bad as I originally thought it was. The water cleared up a while later and was tested to make sure that it was safe from any harmful pollutants.

This experience was an eye-opener for me. Thoughts started running through my mind. What if I relied solely on that river and couldn’t just jump in my truck and drive back home? Even worse, I was scared for my family. I have, in all honesty, failed them. If they were forced to live in that shelter for some reason and the only water source I had secured for them was polluted, I don’t know what I would’ve done. This led me to a conclusion; I needed to start stockpiling clean water, and I needed to secure an additional water source. I should have been prepared.

Municipal water sources also get contaminated all the time all over the world. Unfortunately, it’s just something that happens. There aren’t only threats in natural water sources. We tend to have a false sense of security with our municipal water, and therefore don’t prepare adequately.

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