Water Storage

Water storage is an issue of ever-increasing importance no matter where you live. The primary means of storage is the earth itself. Salt water tends to be stored in oceans. Fresh water is stored in clouds, vanishing icepack, rivers and streams, lakes, springs, and wetlands. The supply of fresh water varies depending on the season, climactic conditions, and human activity. The safety of most of the freshwater depends largely on what humans do to avoid polluting it. ‘Water treatment’ is an after-the-fact remedy for human…shall we call it ‘misjudgment’? It would be better to keep the water clean in the first place. Oh well.

A Cistern is merely some sort of made storage unit which can be as simple as a rain barrel or as large as a pool. It is usually covered to keep the water clean.

A Pond can be several acres. Characteristically, it serves to drain the surrounding land and has no stream either running into it or out of it. The bottom of the pond is usually clay, which keeps the water from simply seeping away. Man-made ponds often have concrete bottoms. They may also have concrete ramps to protect the banks if stock is to drink out of it. In medieval times, ponds were stocked with fish and periodically drained. The drained pond would then be cultivated, the fish having fertilized it very effectively.

Swimming pools are an excellent source of water for emergency fire-fighting if you happen to have a water pump and plenty of hose and you live far away from a firehouse. Water tanks can be any size or configuration you need. (outdoor)

Indoor water tanks are usually for emergency use. You are more likely to use plastic bottles for emergency water supplies than glass. You can bottle water yourself but remember to replace it within six months. Commercially bottled water should last a year. If you regularly purchase bottled water, consider buying extra until you build up a reserve of at least five gallons per person, and, as you continue buying it, rotate the supply by storing the freshly-purchased water, and using the oldest of the bottles.

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