Comments on: Red Cross suggests that people stockpile water

By: ks

ks — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:14:55 +0000

So should we not buy water that are bottled around this region? What are they and how would others know what NOT to buy?

Also, let’s encourage responsible disposal of these water bottles by recycling. 60,000,000 (yes, that’s 60 million!) plastic bottles are thrown away in the US PER DAY and most end up in land fills. Unbelievable figure.

By: wspurlock

wspurlock — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:09:03 +0000

You might try using empty soda bottles, the plastic is much stronger than the traditional milk jugs. We had a water main problem last year and managed to fill a few before they turned the water off. They have been sitting in our garage for all this time with no problems.

By: jhb

jhb — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:16:29 +0000

to mike,

try acquiring those water bottles the big hard thick plastic ones for a water cooler office setup. i have a water cooler at home. it will store water for quite awhile safely and leak free. it is typically “filtered” tap water though.

yes coke’s dasani is from “filtered” tap water. pretty much all bottled waters originally came from a city or municipality tap source from somewhere. with the exception of “exotics” like evian and the like…most brands will be from the local water system(s) in the region you live in. in this case…the s.e. usa.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:41:16 +0000

Also, in light of Pepsi’s Aquafina actually being filtered tap water, I’m wondering if Coke uses tap water for their local bottle plants, and if there are any brands of bottle water we should may stay away from because they use our drinking water anyway.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:39:28 +0000

Any thoughts on how to best store water? We had a couple of gallon jugs in our garage for awhile. Each of them sprung a leak at some point… the cheap plastic gallon jugs don’t seem to be that good for long term storage.