Bummer!

I'm sorry to hear about that. Done the same thing myself and learned the same way.

A wise man once told me that there are no mistakes, just lessons, and lessons repeat themselves until they are learned.

(unless of course the first lesson is fatal but then I digress)

I buy the cases of bottled water (700ml size) now, and rotate each out as they hit their 6 month "birthday". My wife likes the water bottles though I wash and refill my Nalgene bottle for everyday use.

One case of the bottles is about equal to 2 US gal if I did my calculations correctly.