Preparing Yourself for the Next Disaster: Water Purification

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As I wrote to you in my five-part series on water storage here, here, here, here and here, there are plenty of ways for you to store potable water. But how can you turn stored water into great tasting water?

I’ve learned that taste can be an issue if water has been sitting in a plastic container for perhaps five years. Who wants to drink water that tastes like plastic or Clorox? I don’t.

The best solution I’ve come up with is to use a water purifier. But, as one survivalist points out, storing treated water and then purifying it with a filter is like wearing a belt and suspenders, it’s redundant.

Redundancy is fine with Your Survival Guy.

When it comes to water purifiers, I like the idea of using a counter top model because I can pack it up and bring it with me if we need to go to another home, near or far.

There’s a ton of information online about counter top water purifiers. I have the Big Berkey with black purification elements. I have also received recommendations for Alexapure and AquaTru.

The Big Berkey is a purifying veteran, having been to places where local drinking water can be as dangerous as AK-47 wielding insurgents. And if your long-term water source includes untreated raw water from lakes, streams, or stagnant ponds, they all become potable water with a Big Berkey.

According to Berkey’s website: This system removes pathogenic bacteria, viruses, cysts and parasites entirely and extracts harmful chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, VOCs, organic solvents, radon 222 and trihalomethanes. Hopefully it keeps the “H” in H2O.

Don’t be put off by some of the negative reviews. This is an extremely competitive market as water purification has turned into a growth industry. Try your system out: prime the purification elements, make sure the seals are tight, and test it.

Care for it just like you would any other valuable commodity and you will have great tasting drinking water when you need it. Even if it’s a belt and suspenders solution—I like both.

Originally posted at Yoursurvivalguy.com.

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E.J. Smith is the Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention. E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com. Sign up here to receive all the best content from Richardcyoung.com each week.