"And Many Will Die of Thirst" by Nutnfancy [Water Storage]

[@Gbcue]

As a Drinking Water Engineer (Civil Engineer PE), I've never heard of "stabilized oxygen". A cursory reading online says these are nothing more than H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) and salt. I'm going to continue to trust chlorine, with the appropriate contact time and then off-gassed to reduce taste and odor.

[@TheLateBoyScout]

Very grave and crucial topic, and definitely worth addressing. My current setup is 4 x 55gal drums with a gravity filter good for 1,000 gal. Will improve the system as time and finances allow.

[@civiliansheepdog11]

just watched your vid thumbs up to you two.

[@P226nut]

I'm in the swimming pool crowd, I have 50,000 gallons 5 feet from my door, I'm adding a small storage in the house too, but I still see the pool as a serious advantage, I love that you watch nutn too, your channel is one of my favorites, its always funny to who everybody watches.

[@wranglerstar]

Great video, thank you.

[@TheJackMac909]

Really great info, thanks for sharing, where can we purchase the stabilized oxygen?

[@Cr0cket20]

It's amazing how much we take water for granted.

[@BryanWicks]

In light of current events in Flint, Michigan, this video continues to be timely. Excellent job, +nutnfancy!

[@dukesilver2308]

One Note....bleach is perfectly fine to use...yes it does have a smell and taste..but it is easily remedied if it bothers you...if you let the water sit open to air for about 24 hours the chlorine returns to gas form and leaves the water...just like the way you de-chlorinate tap water for use in a fish tank

[@triggerhappyreviews]

This might be the most important video you've ever done. I now realize how sad my water storage is. Thanks you sir.

[@simonvance8054]

Nutn you ARE helping people all round the world and thankyou for doing what you do, I've learned a lot from you.

[@MrRoboskippy]

This might just be the most important video you've ever posted. Thank you.

[@KJlost]

Been thinking of setting up rain water collection system at our house - primarily to utilize them for our home gardening, but did have emergency water supply for personal use in mind as well. This video gives me something else to think about. Excellent video as always.

[@robertburkett2739]

Huge Huuuge help. With the drought hitting CA I am pulling the trigger and starting to store a supply of water. Seeing a working system has helped me minimize mistakes. Video may be old but it is gold. Thanks again.

[@patrickaherne3598]

This is the BEST video, most on-point and correct video you have ever done. Bravo, for tackling this important issue. Far too many folks stockpile food, buy guns, make plans, etc. but don't have enough clean water. Cholera will kick anybody's butt and dysentery will kill more folks than the common fears we face in a disaster.

[@cannondale4567]

Great video Nutn! The BEST most informative water prepping vid I've ever seen bar none. I'd love to see more prepping videos down the road from you. Thanks for all that you do!

[@nathanp2007]

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[@rogercouch493]

Some very good pointers in this, excellent job. I hope more people watch this and realize how important this is.. Thank you

[@wranglerstar]

TNP has be reallocated to the garage.

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[@JoeCensored]

As far as store bought, I use the arrowhead 1 gallon bottles. I have like 70 gallons in them. Available at Safeway, Walmart, etc, for about $1 each, and the cool thing is they are designed to be stackable. I have them in the garage stacked 3 high along the wall. Also have a hiker pro filter, UV pen, way to recharge batteries for the UV pen via solar, and a 6 month supply of drop in purification tabs. Figure I'm fine for weeks to a month with the bottles, and 1+ year with an outside source to clean (lake in town, several creeks, etc).

[@geoffadams5004]

I'm 62 yrs old and for much of my life took alot for granted. I am amazed at how wise you are for your age and I envy your resolve to be able to survive and to help others. You have opened my eyes to much. Thank you. I am slowly developing my survival strategy with your help. Rule of 3's, 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Priorities.

[@dslag7812]

Thanks for this video. You can only live 3 days without water. Without any physical activity we need around a half gallon of water per person per day just for consumption. So, 2 gallons per person per day for light to moderate physical exertion is really spot on. I have been working on storage and thanks A LOT for the stabilized oxygen information.

[@christopherdavis5297]

Great video, Nutn. Thanks for taking the time and effort to put this one out. I'm a little embarrassed to admit I've never really considered a serious water storage system, but now I know how to go about setting one up. Yet another reason why TNP rocks!

[@jahart8928]

Thank you for all the of these great videos you put together. I came across you about 2 months ago and have been watching and LEARNING some much from you. You are appreciated. Love Allie too!

[@Hazmattdown]

I got hep to this concept after our city water system was destroyed by tropical storm Irene. I have a series of old water heaters piped into my water system. Every couple of weeks I drain them out and refill with fresh water. I then isolate them from the system. Leaving me about 200 gallons of drinkable water at all times. Very good topic, great video.

[@MrArad4]

nutnfancy, you're the best man. keep up the good work. your videos have kinda changed my outlook on life. educated me on many things. thank you brother.

[@osiris5432]

When the flooding hit colorado this year, some areas were with out potable running water for over a week. Clean water is the very basis of survivability. Diarrhea causing pathogens are just the start of your worries.

[@Sig229DAK]

Great information! I've been an EMS volunteer for 30+ years and try to get folks to understand how important water is to just staying alive. I now live in western WA, so have more sources of water than most. I keep 4 fifty-five gal food-grade drums, 2 fifteen gal drums with drinking water in the garage. I have a rolling 8 gal drum and 4 cases of bottled water inside the house. We have our own well that has UV filtering (goes off with power-down), and are installing a manual "Simple Pump" for emergencies. We are located 200 yards from a river that never dries up and multiple filtering systems. Always looking to improve our systems, keep up the good vids :-)

[@jazzcam2004]

Love all your videos nutn, but this vid is one of your best and IMHO by far the most important video you've done. Most people only concentrate on protection but seldom on water or food storage. Thanks for all that you do for us nutn.

[@ArmedCivilian556]

Great video and what a topic for discussion ..... thanks Nutn

[@joelcrmt]

of course I love everything nutn' from the bikes and cars to the knives and guns to the AMAZING air force experience videos but by far I love the CTA and WROL vids!

[@AirForceAce3571]

an outstanding vid Nutn, and one that is long overdue here in TNP, in my humble view! very good solutions and i'm so glad you addressed the apartment issues, because I'm one of those folks living that way! I'm totally going to look into some of those stackable water brick style containers for under my bed storage and in my closet (currently doing the store bought jug option!). Thanks a lot again for lighting a fire under my behind on this Nutn, I think I know how my tax return money is gonna be spent this year, on water preps!

[@rlo5547]

Talk about it will happen again..... Flint Michigan, happening now with their water supply. This is the second time I've watched this video just to brush up so to speak. I really appreciate the good advice you keep putting out. I hope that I can eventually be as prepared as I need to be, slow process unless you have a bunch of money though. Thanks again Nutn'

[@FairlyInconspicuous]

Nutn, the scope and quality of what you're sharing is top notch. You're intelligently and articulately bringing us the fruits of years of honest development and experimentation, and it rocks, thank you.

[@madmike1284]

When Nutn was describing the water quality of his stored water and said "Excellent" I about died laughing. lol! He cracks me up sometimes.

[@PhilipStraatsma]

My wife and I were just talking about what we would do for water in the event of the public water system failure. We currently have a bunch of bulk water bottles we got from Costco along with some larger multi-gallon water bricks from the local store but will be looking at something larger. Thank you for all of your informative videos.

[@CrustyCurmudgeon]

So happy to see you bring the whole preparedness and survival topic back up Nutn. I hope this gets lots of views to keep you motivated to do more such videos.

[@EasternTriad]

From beginning to end, this video is full of nothing but USEFUL information. This is where you spend 48+ minutes of your time and finish better than how you started.

[@doubleoddbuck00]

Excellent video Nutn. These type of videos, the Honeyville ones are some of my favorite TNP videos. Believe it or not most of the things on my Christmas list I gave my wife are along this line, more water storage barrels, food storage items, 2 car emergency kits. It all started with you Nutn, back in 2008. Yes, long time TNP'er.

[@jackgeorge5799]

Dude, I grew up and still live in Virginia. I think I'm one of those kids at the pool in 79... Anyhow, I am so lucky to have a natural spring that has been providing my house with water since it was built in 1966. That spring water is pumped with good old electricity to the house, but I can go and collect it at the cistern if necessary. I'm planning on installing a ram pump in the future and perhaps putting in a 1500 gal underground tank. That water hasn't been exposed to oxygen for a very long time. Great vid for those that aren't in my position. Keep them coming.

[@benjaminhpollock5654]

Cheers Nutn, I have been seriously looking at water lately so timely video.

[@dutchmanjd]

Great info, I've already shared it. I'll have to get on this myself ASAP. Thanks Nutn'!

[@noquie1]

Thanks for such a informative and important video. I just order my catalog from the company you recommended and I told them that you recommended them. Thanks again and God bless.

[@GtForLife123]

Hi Nutn, fellow Virginian here, Thanks for the very informative and great video. I learned a helluva lot from it. Worth every minute. I appreciate the advice and experience you're spreading; its saving me lots of trouble, as I was actually planning to go the 'milk jug' method. Now I feel more safe knowing ways to procure potable water and more. Cheers.

[@vincentq53]

Happy Thanksgiving TNP(the best community on KZbin)!! Today is the day to be thankful that this insane need for water hasn't happened to most of us yet.

[@endwatcher]

Nutn, Id like to see some more videos like this, its been kinda quiet in your videos about WROL,SHTF, Preparing. I whole heartily agree with your philosophy. Thanks for the vids!

[@tuber7200]

Thank you for producing a video on such an important issue. Keep up the great work!

[@ShinobiHOG]

I've got my bases covered thanks to TNP. With the MSR Pocket Rocket and the Kelly Kettle my short term and long term water boiling needs are met along with an ability to cook..... Thanks TNP!!!

[@murraybarker1948]

Fantastic review on an overlooked priority for preppers. The videos always rock but this was a gem. Chance favors the prepared!

[@joshballard37]

Without getting into details, I live a portion of every week off the grid. I use 2L pop bottles for certain water needs. Sometimes I use the water to shower, sometimes only to wash my feet. When you are camping, hiking, working, off the grid your feet (and body) need to be taken care of. You do not necessarily need potable water to do this. I wouldn't use these for storing drinking water, but I just wanted to add that not all stored water is drinking water, and for those "other" purposes, these 2L pop bottles work well enough. In other words, I can't afford "purposed" water storage containers to have water to wash my feet, ...for example. Awesome video and I'm glad to know of that oxygen product. As always, thanks Nutn.

[@nutnfancy]

Very true. I've lived through the same thing- Those with me at the time didn't understand that ALL water has utility, not just the potable stuff. -Doodle

[@ald.5147]

I used to have a black Lab that i took backpacking in the Mt Marcy area Adirondacks. Great outdoor companion. You are fortunate to live in an area of the country that is so awesome and wild.

[@madmaxit2]

Great video NutnFancy! I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. Thank you.

[@Dabobeans]

Fantastic video, I will be incorporating many of the options you use. Thanks so much for the great information.

[@protector326]

A side note on milk type jugs of water. My family learned the hard way that there is a "built in " life span. We walked into the house and had several that had been sitting for some time. Surprise! .75 % of them had sprung a leak and we had quite the mess to clean up. Thank you for your hard work.

[@thescharfchannel]

I'm glad you pointed this out nutnfancy. Any one who goes backpacking can easily see that water is everything. I've always told friends, you think we're fighting hard over oil and other bs... wait till we start fighting over fresh water.

[@thegangvault2]

Just installed a hand-pump on the family well. Almost $2000 (since it's a deep well, about 110 feet), but it will pump 5 gallons in a matter of a minute or two.

[@averageenthusiast5689]

Very informative video. The most important part is how to treat the water. Any one can figure out how to store it. Keeping it clean and safe is a whole other issue. Thanks showing what you use. Bleach and chlorine scare the heck out of me. Too easy to screw that up and cause harm to those who drink it.

[@dokanninja]

awesome vid Nutn thank you. we have been working up our supplies for more of a 3 day scenario. you make a lot of valid points to why a 30 day supply would be the better way to go. its that piece of mind that you speak to, i'm sure if things were really dire you could ration that 30 day supply out for longer, especially if you were hunkered down in your domicile burning minimum calories.. thanks again

[@TJackSurvival]

Not a bad video man. It's a good topic to cover and needs to be covered so thanks for doing so.

[@BigHead104]

Awesome!! Thank you so much for making this video! I was concerned because I had no clue how even begin storing water but feel I need to! As always, super helpful videos!

[@billymorris1396]

Excellent information! Will be instituting a lot of this info. Thankyou! Semper Fi!!

[@bvacs12]

good points! I have got to add long term food and water to my preps. I keep a few cases of water bottles, but that's it. im going to get a portable filter for mobility and emergency away from home and then if (I can) upgrade the home supply so I am ready if I need to hold up. Love the vids! Love the gun store and motorcycle vids

[@Commsprepper]

We just had a 3000 gal cistern installed at our retreat. Sits higher than the cabin so it's a gravity fed system. We also have blue 55 gal drums on-site.

[@mattrogers2701]

Love the vids on WROL! Hope you will do more vids on Prepping!

[@ZombieTex1]

This is actually a very important topic which I myself addressed this week. I bought some .1 micron water filters. High quality, made in America (go team!). I'm working on a plan for a water catchment system.

[@greenley77]

Tuning in from NY. Great Vid! Also- love the owl stickers I recently ordered!

[@BollocksThreeofThem]

Wow, I cannot believe how prescient this video is right now with the water crisis in W. Virginia. I hope some of those folks are TNPers.

[@remraf72]

Wow Nutn! Another eye opening vid! Thank you for ALL of your vids. Very informative!

[@N8JLS]

How ironic! I just watched this this video for the second time yesterday. Come home just now after purchasing some equipment, and I find water in my storage closet. . . Guess what just leaked a half gallon of water??? Yep, one of my 88 cent gallon water jugs from WalMart. Should have listened to you in the first place, Nutn. Luckily nothing was damaged, and I can go ahead an order some of the waterbricks. Since I rent, I cannot really use a long term option, so I like the waterbrick for the fact that if we move, it's simple to transport them to the a new house. Thanks as always Nutn, and keep all the vids coming. Really appreciate the TNP crew!

[@spitfire1two]

Using this video as a guideline going into this summer. Not sure if you've heard, but we out here in CA are in for a ROUGH summer. We've gotten very little precipitation this winter with only a couple wet days in the last two and a half months and the snow pack in the Sierras is almost completely melted. Several counties are already declared severe draught conditions! AND ITS THE END OF JANUARY!! I'll be stocking up on water for the next couple months. Thank you for uploading this.

[@rogerhill1792]

Good solid advice for all Americans in every region of the USA.

[@808bounty]

Another awesome video Nutn! I've been watching your vids for a few years now and I've learned so much. Your vids just keep getting better and better. Thank you!

[@davorinzivkovic4686]

We live on 10acres here in rural Australia (only 22km from outskirts of major city, Melbourne, Victoria) with our own underground 10,000 gallon rain water supply. I guess that means we have one less thing to worry about......As TNP would say- I'm good with that!

[@CreightonMiller]

48:58 - to give you even more peace of mind: The 15 and 55-gal blue barrels you use are the same that are used to store and transport hazardous waste (typically of the corrosive variety); they're pretty hardcore.

[@thebronzetoo]

Another 3 hour video by Nut-n-Fancy. Awesome.

[@runngunr21]

Thanks Nutn. I neeed to hear that. I am prepping now

[@BobBob-il2ku]

Berky for bug In Kataldyn pocket for bug out Rain catchment system There's manual pumps that can be hooked up to your house plumbing to pressurize the system if your on well. Simple pump/bison pumps Oh and get a pool if you were thinking about one anyway... And lots of granular pool shock(shelf stable doesn't expire)

[@jamesb18c5]

Good video, especially enjoyed seeing Nutn wrestle those heavy water barrels.

[@Jsummer4004]

One of the besr videos you have done nutn, good job and thank you.

[@GreyGhostAdventures]

Excellent video on an important and often overlooked topic!

[@jacksonofalltrades2665]

I'd like to see more WROL vids! Keep up the awesome work!

[@nyborgb]

Great video! Sharing this with my friends and family. Thanks again for the info as I had come to the same conclusion on storage but didn't think it would keep for 7 years-and outside too. 2 "water buffaloes" coming right up... You just saved me a lot of work from switching out water!

[@HealthyPrepper]

Great video! Very important topic. I have a lake out back, 2 Berkey light filters, 2 Katadyn hiker filters, tons of iodine tabs and water purification tabs. Love the big silver Berkey - maybe one day ;)

[@kooshypir]

You are so HELPFUL!!!!!!!!! We need more like you.

[@ridgecamper18]

One of your best vids. Thanks for all you do. Reminds me to go fill up those 7 gal. I got the other day.

[@kfgrip]

I ALWAYS have at least 85 Gallons on hand ,and ways to collect,filter and purify thousands of gallons more.Thanks to Guys like you Nutnfancy and others like HOSSUSMC,SOOTCH,Hibernison,DEMCAD! Over the last 3 years you folks here on youtube have woken me up and for that I THANK YOU ALL!

[@murphysmuskets]

What about the $350 Katadyn Pocket? It has a 20,000 gallon life and is relatively small and portable.

[@nutnfancy]

It works, but it's a significant amount of time if it's a daily use object. Having lived off filters for extended periods of time, I can tell you there are days it feels like getting up early to milk the cows. Also, durability may be sacrificed for weight savings in some. I busted my Hiker after about 400 days of use. Springing a leak ain't awesome. -Doodle

[@ZombieTex1]

***** I built a gravity fed filter, but then I one upped myself and added a pump to add air pressure to the top barrel. GREATLY improves filter speed. Check it out on my channel. Very easy and cheap add-on to your gravity fed system.

[@dslag7812]

Show much cheaper and easier to buy a Sawyer PointONE all in one water filter product number sp181. It will filter about 170 gallons per day. Has 0.1 micron and the highest EPA rating at 7 log. One of these is about $50 and will filter around one million gallons. Ceramic are great but eventually with enough cleaning it will have worn away. So, for same price as berkey or berkefeld set up I can have 5 SP181 attached to 5 five gallon buckets filtering 850 gallons per day. Oh, btw they also come with a 1 liter collapsible pouch, weigh around 13.4 ounces and each filtration set up (excluding 5 gallon buckets) can fit in any bug out bag. However, I still have my own set up of Royal Doulton ceramic filters inside five gallon buckets. No harm in having both.

[@chubbyninja842]

D Slag I actually found out about the Sawyer filters shortly after my last post and bought a bunch of them for my family. Very affordable, excellent product.

[@dirk7527]

+murpheysmuskets If the flow rate of the Katadyn Pocket is an issue the answer is the Katadyn Expedition (although not a cheap answer).

[@RideByNight]

Such a good video, nutn. Thanks for spending the time making this video.

[@tombret1]

Great vid that is well thought out and is a good primer for preppers. This vid is a starting point in self-sufficiency. Viewers should heed your water storeage advice especially those living in the hurricance zones. FEMA should not be relied upon to provide enough water quickly. Remember miltary standards of water usage per/ person/ perday is 32 Gal , most of which is used for medical/hygiene purposes. Thanks for your dedication emparting knowledge to preppers. Have a blessed THANKSGIVING !!!

[@Kaltwasser45]

Lots of good info. My family averages about 15-23 gallons per day. We learned to conserve water very quickly after installing a water collection system. Our on hand water supply ranges from 6-10,000 gallons at any given time...sometimes it gets below that. We also store about 60 gallons in the house too. People really need to consider adding a collection system to their house for long term replenishment. You can install a cutoff so you can turn it off just in case of any contaminant fallout.

[@Kaltwasser45]

15-23 per person*

[@01AceAlpha]

Great vid. It is so important that we store potable water for "events". Even in the Great Lakes area, which contains 25% of the Earths fresh water, only tested ground aquifers can be consumed safely without proper treatment! Nutn just keeps looking out for us! Like a sheepdog or an owl on the shed...

[@ronniecachiemartinez1464]

When I was in the ARMY I used baby wipes for bird baths. They work very well and take zero water. Great video nutn. Keep me comin.

[@callmecamo2]

Thank you for this Nutn. Eye opener!

[@YokoWenis]

My opinion for a water set-up: Rain water collection, two 500gal tanks, preferably elevated with first-flush systems 2-4 55 or 30 gallon barrels inside Multiple 5-7 gallon containers for mobility 10-20 cases of bottled water for immediate use Filters: Big Berkey & Katadyn pocket filter

[@TheRasta4ri]

excellent tip

[@JTown-tv1ix]

Great video Nutn, it really changed my outlook on water storage!

[@HOLYLAND007007007]

Thank you Mr. Fancy, I found your video as a wonderful caring down to earth way of explaining what people need to do to survive if things get really bad. Also I enjoyed your Mosin Nagant Video.

[@MrAmbiguousfreedom]

Great show! been watching for about a year now. thanks for the tips.

[@riverfree1409]

Thank you Nutnfancy! What an awesome topic to cover. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this vid. I'm really excited to learn about the stabilized oxygen. I have been using the 55 gallon drums and a couple of smaller containers, just relying on the city water chlorine content. I have been feeling like I needed to change it out about every 2 years, but I'm pretty stoked to see I can go 7. I will be increasing my current capacity and going with the stabilized oxygen next time I switch out the water. I can vouch for the Berkey. I need to upgrade mine to the steel model.

[@WraithAR]

Great video for those living in houses. For those living in apartments, only options are cases of bottled water and waterBOB. If you have a bigger container that leaks, it will lead to flooding of your unit and units below with mold issues that can get costly. Find/create room to store as much water as possible.

[@notgabe9847]

Regarding containers bursting from freezing: H2O expands about 9% at it transitions from liquid to solid (frozen) state. So if you put 50 gallons in a 55 gallon drum it should have space enough for the expansion avoiding rupture of the barrel. I live where it never freezes, so I haven't been able to prove this; but the math works.

[@Reaper-qx5us]

I've been subscribed for you for a few months Nutnfancy. I appreciate the videos you post and the info you provide. Keep up the good work man. Love the vids

[@SecureOpsMatrix]

Once again, great video! Just ordered the "Stabilized Oxygen" and thanks for the tip.

[@cytic5900]

Great topic. I enjoy the preparedness videos so keep em coming!