LONG TERM WATER STORAGE

WATER SPECIALIST II
 WATER STORAGE FACTS

• THE SHELF-LIFE EXPECTANCY OF WATER IS INDEFINITE IF PROPERLY STORED.

 WARNING

• DON’T UTILIZE PRE-USED CONTAINERS FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE, INCLUDING ANYTHING

THAT HAS HAD FOOD, CHEMICALS, OR PERISHABLE LIQUIDS IN IT, AS IT INCREASES THE RISK OF
DANGEROUS BACTERIAL GROWTH.
 WARNING

• METAL (STAINLESS STEEL OR HIGH-QUALITY FOOD-GRADE ALUMINUM) CONTAINERS MAY

ALSO BE USED, BUT CANNOT GENERALLY STORE WATER THAT HAS BEEN OR WILL BE TREATED
WITH CHEMICAL TREATMENTS WHILE IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTAINER.
 WARNING

• DO NOT USE PLASTIC TO STORE WATER.

• PLASTIC WILL SLOWLY LEACH DANGEROUS CHEMICALS INTO THE WATER
 WARNING

• RAINWATER IS ACIDIC (ACID RAIN) AND MAY CONTAIN MERCURY AND OTHER CHEMICALS.
• IF YOU NEED TO DRINK RAINWATER PURIFY IT FOLLOWING WS1.
 GLASS CONTAINERS WILL WORK WELL WHEN
STORING WATER FOR THE LONG TERM
• USE MASON JARS.
• AVOID LARGE 1 GALLON + WATER CONTAINERS.
• IF WATER BECOMES CONTAMINATED IT WILL EFFECT ONLY 1 JAR AND NOT CONTAMINATE
YOUR ENTIRE WATER SUPPLY.
 CANNING WATER

• STERILIZE JARS USING MICROWAVE IN 60 SECONDS

• PURIFY WATER DESCRIBE IS WS1
• FILL JARS WITH WATER
• THEN….
 PLACE A SMALL COIN OF SILVER IN STORED WATER

• THE PHOENICIANS STORED WATER, WINE, AND VINEGAR IN SILVER BOTTLES TO PREVENT SPOILING. THE GREEKS USED
SILVER VESSELS FOR WATER PURIFICATION.
• ROYALTY GAVE THEIR CHILDREN SILVER SPOONS TO SUCK ON TO PREVENT THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. FORKS, SPOONS
AND KNIVES WERE COATED OR MADE OF SILVER (SILVERWARE) BECAUSE OF SILVERS ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES. IN
THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, BABIES WHO WERE FED WITH SILVER SPOONS WERE HEALTHIER THAN THOSE FED WITH
SPOONS MADE FROM OTHER METALS, AND SILVER PACIFIERS FOUND WIDE USE IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF THEIR
BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS.
• MINERS AND EARLY SETTLERS ADDED A SILVER DOLLAR TO THE WATER BARREL TO KILL BACTERIA IN THE WATER. THEY
ACTUALLY PUT SILVER DOLLARS IN THEIR MILK CONTAINERS AND WOODEN WATER CASKS TO RETARD THE GROWTH
OF BACTERIA. SETTLERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK SUSPENDED SILVERWARE IN THEIR WATER TANKS TO RETARD
SPOILAGE. IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, BABIES WHO WERE FED WITH SILVER SPOONS WERE HEALTHIER THAN
THOSE FED WITH SPOONS MADE FROM OTHER METALS, AND SILVER PACIFIERS FOUND WIDE USE IN AMERICA
BECAUSE OF THEIR BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS.
LOTS OF FAKE SILVER OUT THERE – TEST IT!

• THEN PLACE THE STERILIZED CAP ON THE

MASON JAR.
• STORE OUT OF SUNLIGHT IN A COOL DARK
PLACE.
• OR STORE IN A CACHE. SEE C2.
• CLICK TO PLAY
 CAUTION

• ONE THING YOU MUST REMEMBER IS THAT EVEN WITH QUALITY PROCEDURES IN BOTTLING
YOUR OWN WATER, IT MAY STILL GET CONTAMINATED IN SOME WAY AND MAY REQUIRE
FILTERING AND REMOVAL OF TASTES AND ODORS.
• YOU MAY NEED TO RE-PURIFY YOUR STORED DRINKING WATER.