19
How often should I refresh my drinking water storage? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/preppers@lemmy.ca
11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Sorry if this is a noob question. I have some 5-liter plastic bottles of drinking water. I normally just drink from the tap so I haven’t used any of that in about a year.

I know they’re probably still good to go for quite a while but I’m wondering - what do you all typically do? Do you use and replace the water so the stored one doesn’t taste stale?

Also, are there any good alternatives to storing drinking water in plastic? I’m trying to reduce my usage of plastic containers for long term food and liquid storage.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 12 points 10 months ago

If kept in a cool dark place, they’ll be pretty stable, but you’ll still want to churn your supply by using one and filling it then put it at the “back of the line”. Use a container or more per day for cooking and cleaning and you’ll rotate through your stock according to however many containers you’ve got in that number of days.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •