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#89854 - 03/29/07 07:56 PM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: frenchy]
wildman800 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/09/06 Posts: 2847 Loc: La-USA	8 drops of chlorine bleach per gallon of water. store in a cool dark space for best results. _________________________ QMC, USCG (Ret) The best luck is what you make yourself!
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#89856 - 03/29/07 08:02 PM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: MrDrysdale]
norad45 Veteran Registered: 07/01/04 Posts: 1506	Originally Posted By: MrDrysdale Adding bleach is a problem on stainless; can cause corrosion and pitting of the stell. We generally use iodophor to sanitize the kegs. I wonder, would the relatively small amount of chlorine already present in some tap water cause corrosion? It would be interesting to know if a small additional amount could then be added for storage without causing a problem.
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#89858 - 03/29/07 08:09 PM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: MrDrysdale]
Arney Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/15/05 Posts: 2485 Loc: California	Originally Posted By: MrDrysdale Adding bleach is a problem on stainless; can cause corrosion and pitting of the steel. We generally use iodophor to sanitize the kegs. Clean water stored in sanitized kegs should be fine as-is for a good long time. You can avoid the corrosion issue by simply pouring the water into a different container and treating it in that container if/when you actually needed to use the water. Otherwise, just empty, sanitize, refill as you normally would when you're changing out the water. Sounds like excellent long-term containers for you and your family.
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#89860 - 03/29/07 08:13 PM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: norad45]
MrDrysdale Newbie Registered: 02/22/07 Posts: 49 Loc: League City, Texas	I only use water filtered through a double stage filter; first a 5 micron and then a 1 micron carbon filter. This is supposed to remove about 90% chlorine. I generally only put water in them that has iodophor in the water. The water doesnt stay in their long; I try to keep beer in them! So far I have not noticed any damage and I would think with that small of chlorine to treat the water there would be no problem.
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#89861 - 03/29/07 08:14 PM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: NightHiker]
MrDrysdale Newbie Registered: 02/22/07 Posts: 49 Loc: League City, Texas	Originally Posted By: NightHiker Originally Posted By: Arney you should probably treat the water once you start using it, I recommend the following treatment: 2 parts water 1 part rum a squeeze of lime -sorry, couldn't help myself Thats my kind of sanitation! Internal!
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#89909 - 03/30/07 05:29 AM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: frenchy]
MDinana Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/08/07 Posts: 2208 Loc: Beer&Cheese country	Originally Posted By: frenchy "Have bottles & bleach, will store water.." I was about to search the forum about that kind of info : how much bleach to add per gallon of water, because I have now a few 5liters bottles at hand (that's 1.32 US gallon bottles). So, I should use 1/5th of tea spoon.... let's see... Anyway I don't have tea spoons, only coffee spoons.... or rather dessert spoons... Not really scientific measurements.. May be I should search the forums (IRC, there have been many threads on that subject) and try to find a measure in drops ?? A teaspoon is 5 ml. Go to a pharmacy, get one of those syringes for liquid tylenol that infants get. 1 milliliter would thus be 1/5th teaspoon.
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#89916 - 03/30/07 08:45 AM Re: Long-term water storage. [Re: MDinana]
frenchy Veteran Registered: 12/18/02 Posts: 1320 Loc: France	thanks for the info! _________________________ Alain
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