How much water do you have on hand currently?

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I'll answer first. I always carry a minimum 6 cases of water, and 50 gallons of heated water which I could possible salvage from my water tank. I also have about 10,000 gallons of water in my pool for washing, flushing and bathing, but, I certainly wouldn't drink it. I'm thinking 2-3 weeks maximum.
 
Based on isotope testing, our groundwater is over 100 years old. So, it would take a long time to contaminate it. Consequently, we have an endless supply.
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I used to keep about 3000 gallons in IBC totes (10 of them) but they sucked up a lot of space (about a single car garage) so that's gone now.

Like most, I keep bottled water and such around.

I do have 3 public water connections, 2 wells, some springs on the property and a decent sized creek in the back yard so one way or another, I'm hoping I'm good. I also have a decent amount of filtration equipment if/as needed.
 
Our well goes 250 feet down into the Florida aquifer.
There’s also a good size river two miles away.
And for short term use our well system aerator holds 200 gallons.
 
Eastern woodland here, water isn't an issue. A spring in every hollar, 3 here on the farm that form a small creek and a cow pond. Yet another creek joins down in the bottoms. It comes from my neighbor's land back of me. No one lives in that hollar or needs the water.
 
No fool would waste a dirty bomb on nine people in Paradise, Alaska, so I'll roll with eternal water.
 
We are pretty rural with our own well. I also have 1,000-litre tank of rainwater, two 500-litre drums also and about 100 litres of drinking water stashed. It also rains here constantly. I could hack into a public water system that runs next to me- the pipes are already there, I just need to join them. The water is terrible though so I'd rather not.
 
I'm on city water, and I live in an apartment, so I myself only keep about twelve gallons, plus whatever bottled water I have on hand, which is usually about a dozen half liters and 3 or 4 1 liter bottles. I am well aware that it's not going to get me through any long term disasters. However, what it will do, is get me and my daughter through any 72 hour emergencies, and it gives me a cushion to assess any situation that may arise, and decide if I need to load up and get out of dodge, or if I can stay put and ride it out for 2 or 3 days. If the situation is so bad that I need stored water to survive, I doubt I'm going to be worried about bathing for a few days, so that's a non issue.

My fallback is to head out to the farm, where we have three properties, two with very good wells and one on rural water. We also have an extensive network of relatives and lifelong friends and neighbors to work with. I realize it's not a plan that covers all the bases. But when combined with our other basic preps and rural lifestyle, it will take a helluva disaster to need more than that...
 
We have about 100 gallons stored in the garage, and a 30 gallon tank connected to the gutters to catch rain. Water heater is another 30 gallons or so. If things were really desperate we have a couple of kiddie pools we could set up in the back yard to catch rain, and the appropriate filtration systems to purify and fire pits to boil if necessary.

There is a creek that runs through the subdivision that is about 200 yards away, and 2 lakes and a river within a mile of the house. The unknown is the basement. Supposedly when they were building the house they hit a natural spring when they were digging the basement. We have a sump pump that runs occasionally. If the power went out we might have enough water for the whole neighborhood, but I really don't want to find out.

Good thread. Makes you think, and reassess.
 
First, I purposefully planned to live in a location that is outside of the fallout radius of the likely nuclear targets in Alaska.

I have springs that I can access fresh water year round, with 2-3 months during the winter taking a little work, but the freshwater is there. This is my back up.

My primary water is a well, and I have the means to get the water from the well assuming no electricity. I also always have 200 gallons of fresh water stored in my new basement as a buffer. I am working this winter to significantly increase what I can store. My two sons are giving me for Christmas what I need to do this project. While I am out of fallout range, I will still be spending a good number of days underground if the balloon goes up. Adding stored water will increase the number of days.
 
Cabin Fever said:
Based on isotope testing, our groundwater is over 100 years old.
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Isn't all water on the planet the same stuff that has been here since the beginning? It just moves from oceans, evaporates, rains, soaks into the ground, is pumped out of the ground, etc. But it's the same stuff, over and over. That mug of beer you're drinking now could have been dinosaur pee a couple million years ago (that explains IPA).

Yes, we could "create" more water by combining oxygen and hydrogen, but that is done at a totally insignificant level. We can also split water into hydrogen and oxygen. But you gotta be careful doing these things - we learned a valuable lesson regarding that in chemistry class in high school. Luckily, nobody was hurt. But we blew up some lab equipment. Hindenburg, take two.
 
Haertig, were you one of my classmates? We split the water molecule in junior high chemistry class and captured the gasses in a little test tube and ignited it and made a little popping sound phone. After class that day we went down to the electronic shop and found a one quart soda bottle. We filled the bottle with water inserted two ectrodes. Then, we turned the power on to the electrodes and filled that bottle with hydrogen and oxygen gas. We ignited the gas with a soldering torch and the explosion was so loud that it shook the dust from the rafters in the electronic shop. Teachers from all over the school came running to the electronic shop to see what happened. Me and two of my buddies got detention for an entire week because of that stunt.
 
Haertig said:
Isn't all water on the planet the same stuff that has been here since the beginning? It just moves from oceans, evaporates, rains, soaks into the ground, is pumped out of the ground, etc. But it's the same stuff, over and over. That mug of beer you're drinking now could have been dinosaur pee a couple million years ago (that explains IPA).

Yes, we could "create" more water by combining oxygen and hydrogen, but that is done at a totally insignificant level. We can also split water into hydrogen and oxygen. But you gotta be careful doing these things - we learned a valuable lesson regarding that in chemistry class in high school. Luckily, nobody was hurt. But we blew up some lab equipment. Hindenburg, take two.
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It's a method of measuring how long water has been in the ground.
 
Haertig said:
You were in Mr. Claiborn's chemistry class too??? :D
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No, when Mr Flamm ran screaming to a new career, we got Ms Van-Etta, who was woefully unprepared to deal with a college prep chemistry class😈😈😈😈
 
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