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Urban Danger is a gripping film that portrays the danger facing those living in cities, including both urban and suburban areas
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Not sure if anyone as linked this (search yeilded nothing) but here ya go:
Urban Danger is a gripping film that portrays the danger facing those living in cities, including both urban and suburban areas
Nice movie to start the day. Storing one years supply of food and water would be nice. The water supply is harder. Anybody use those water storage barrels that catch the rain?
I was thinking about those rain barrels for a project this spring but with the lack of rain it was put on the back burner. [Beer]
I've got a little less than 30 gallons of water. All in 2 liter soda bottles. What a pain.
Between 1 gallon jugs, and cases of water, i've got just over twenty gallons, for myself and my girlfriend. About 90% of the water is unopened drinking water, the other is refilled gallon jugs from the tap. I plan to continue stocking a couple gallons a week, until I run out of room.
We had empty 2 liters completely covering the tops of our cupboards for a few months. I got fed up with them one day and cleaned them all and filled with water to stick under the house. Glad I did it, because it doubled our water.
I have always used barrels for storage. Currently have 3 55 gallon blue plastic drums in the garage full. Nowhere near enough for a year but enough to last until another ource is found.
rain catchment systems of any type are illegal in colorado
Got the movie pulled up, and my tin foil hat ready to go! Here we go Urban Danger!
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What? Screw them. I'll catch as much water as I want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulf202
Yeah and if you want to get your blood warm look up how many states have made water filtration illegal. Then stop posting about potentially illegal activities.Quote:
Originally Posted by ronaldrwl
And they do look for such things. I got a letter once and all I had was a barrel near the downspout.
They changed the law in 2009. You can collect rainwater with these restrictions:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulf202
IMHO any laws making rain water collection illegal are ridiculous, but such things happen in a society that tries to assign ownership rights to everything imaginable.
- Harvesting takes place on residential property
- The owner of the property has a legal entitlement to a well
- No water is provided in the area by a water district or a municipality
- The roof is the only location collecting rainwater
- The collected rainwater is put to uses explicitly permitted in the well permit
I live in the mountains on a community well system. When you move in the neighborhood they lay down the rules, but so long as you don't use too much water, they don't care. Septic system all goes back where it came so WTF. Not so much for urban, but suburban/rural you could make solar stills with a bunch of ground space. Course your competing with growing space. Could even plumb stills into tanks/barrels.
How can you ban water filters? That just blows my mind, especially with all the crap in municipal tap water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulf202
First I've heard of such a thing. I heard that some places have banned bottled water and a few places have tried to ban salt based water softener systems, but I can't find any information on any states which have banned water filters. Have you got a link or a source?
I know cali did, Iowa did also. Ironically just look up places that sell filters. The REI is a good placeQuote:
Originally Posted by Clint45
http://remixxworld.blogspot.com/2010...er-filter.html
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___87779
read footnotes
Thanks for the correction.Quote:
Originally Posted by mutt
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Originally Posted by jerrymrc
Really? I heard that it was illegal but don't know why. I never heard of anyone looking for it and thought to myself that they probably didn't.
And just to add, I did watch the movie. it was a little long and I thought it would go more into what the people did for a living, where they were located, etc. I also thought it would attempt to predict infrastructure collapses (which I think it would be cool for both entertainment as well as food for thought).
Otherwise a lot of cool ideas on there, not really sure that something like that is possible for me right now or in the immediate future.
Code enforcement is pretty strong around here. There is no HOA and we live in the county. I once got a letter about my vehicles in the driveway. I copied all the registrations and insurance cards and sent them back.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Deleted, looks like most already have seen his thread. Was recommending Colorado Tank and Barrel.
Don't forget, you need to 'rotate' your water, and you might have to put chlorine tabs in it, every 6 months or so, not sure of the exact time. It won't store for one year in a plastic bottle 'safe', I know that.
Just saw this.Quote:
Originally Posted by rocktot
You're incorrect.
You don't need to rotate water for anything but taste. It won't go bad and it won't make you sick because it's old.
You don't need to put chlorine in stored water once you've put the lid on it (assuming it was treated going into a clean container.)
I know tap water placed in reusable bottles goes stagnant, not sure if it is all water or just the crap the city has, I know you have to do alot to it for long term storage. Pepsi has to add 1.3 ounces of chemical to a 20 ounce bottle of water. Dont know how much of that is taste and how much is storage. But its enough chemicals that if you drink a bottle within 48hrs. of production it tastes horrible and will make you sick.
So I just looked this up cause it was driving me crazy, if you use food quality PETE plastic bottles and the water is from a chlorinated municipal water supply it will store (dont know for how long though). If your water is from a NON-chlorinated municipal water supply, you will need to add chlorine or bleach.
The offical statement:
Water Pretreatment
http://providentliving.org/content/d...4065-1,00.html
- Water from a chlorinated municipal water supply does not need further treatment when stored in clean, food-grade containers.
- Non-chlorinated water should be treated with bleach. Add 1/8 of a teaspoon (8 drops) of liquid household chlorine bleach (5 to 6% sodium hypochlorite) for every gallon (4 liters) of water. Only household bleach without thickeners, scents, or additives should be used.