Water (to be) used for emergencies.
2006-07-16 10:25:51 · 16 answers · asked by K. K 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
*Should water be treated before storing it?
If your local water is treated commercially by a water treatment utility, you do not have to treat the water before storing it.
Treating commercially-treated water with bleach is superfluous and not necessary. Doing so does not increase storage life.
It is important to change and replace stored water every six months or more frequently.
*What kinds of containers are recommended to store water in?
Make sure the water storage container you plan to use is of food grade quality, such as 2-liter soda bottles, with tight-fitting screw-cap lids.
Milk containers are not recommended because they do not seal well.
*Can I use bottled water?
If you plan to use commercially prepared "spring" or "drinking" water, keep the water in its original sealed container.
Change and replace the water at least once a year.
Once opened, use it and do not store it further.
2006-07-16 10:31:42 · answer #1 · answered by mizfit 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theoretically indefinitely. However, if there is any kind of problem with it (bad seal, microbes, mosquitos), it will get worse over time. If you use sealed water (like say gallons of drinking water) and just rotate them out once a year, you will be fine from a safety standpoint. If you can't drink stale-tasting water, change them more often - probably not more than every 3 months.
2006-07-16 10:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by Steve W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the expiry date on the bottle. If it remains sealed, it should be drinkable up to the expiry date.
If you are just talking about filling tap water into a jug and storing it, I don't think it will be drinkable after a week or so. Maybe you could freeze it and when it thaws it should be fine to drink no matter how much time passes,
2006-07-16 10:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by j_blayze420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you going to risk your life, if we must rely on stored water, on ordinary peoples answers? Each of which are so different from one another s. This is the essence of life not how long to store crackers!
2016-12-29 00:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by Carmine Marc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the type of sterilization that was used to treat it and the growth rate of microorganisms present. Water that was bought look at the expiration date. For water you filled from the tap- it depends on what you treat it with. If it's bleach use after a month.
2006-07-16 10:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Crissy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as it's sealed then forever. Yes; after awhile it adopts the taste of whatever container it's in. However, as long as nothing is added to it (mosquito eggs, toxins, etc.) then it never goes bad which is why it must be sealed.
2006-07-16 10:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by Crossroads Keeper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running water is cooler, and tastes fresher........would you like to drink your water after it'd been sitting out in a bowl all day? They don't either.
2015-01-03 15:27:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not just go buy a lot of sealed bottles of water then you won't have to worry about it.
2006-07-16 10:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by g-day mate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Provided that the water is unopened and it remains at room temperature without any severe exposure to heat or cold it will last indefinately- or at least until the container begins to deteriorate.
2006-07-16 10:30:52 · answer #9 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water can be stored forever but after a while it starts tasting alittle stail
2006-07-16 10:27:56 · answer #10 · answered by daddys_booga 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋