>Survivalists have discouraged storing water in washed milk >containers. They say that you never get rid of ALL of the >milk and, that the containers are biodegradeable and will >disintegrate in time.

This is great advice. I made this costly mistake. I thought I was smart not using old milk jugs. I purchased pre-packaged water in the same type of plastic jug used for milk. I put a bottle of this water in each vehicle. Only 6 months later I did a check of the supplies in my vehicle kits. Imagine my horror as I opened the lid of my RubberMaid rough-tote. All the water had leaked out of a small hole in the bottle and had soaked, rusted, and mildewed my entire kit. Not only would I be without water in an emergency, but I had over $200 worth of damaged preparedness supplies that needed to be replaced.

I checked my wife's car. Her bottle had also failed and leaked. Fortunately all the water found its way down the side of the fender well and out a drain hole. No damage to the rest of the kit, but still no water in an emergency.

Word to the wise. Do not skimp on water storage containers, especially for water stored in a vehicle kit. Any container that you select for storage should be filled, then tipped on it's side to see if the lids/valves leak. In another thread I discussed how I purchased 5-6 water storage bottles as a test. They were filled, lids/valves secured, then tipped on their side. All leaked but the "Aqua-tainer".

Just a word to the wise. TR