Emergency Preparedness - Berkey Water Filters to the Rescue
By Thristy_BerkeyShare
For the majority of suburbanites and city dwellers, the food supply rests solely of the effectiveness of large scale farming, transport supply chain systems, and local supermarkets. Rarely nowadays, do we find self sufficient households with the ability to live off the land via their crops, gardens, livestock, and local water sources. Compare this to 100 years ago when self sufficiency was much more prevalent, neighbor could rely upon neighbor to barter and trade for essentials, and the local town store filled in the gaps. Today, our idea of bartering with our neighbors lies more along the lines of borrowing the snow blower for the power washer.
The more our current model of food supply evolves, the more dependent our population becomes. This is a dangerous road we’ve been traveling down for a very long time. The dilemma can be compared to that of raising an animal in the zoo for 10 years and then releasing it into the wild and expecting it to be able to fend for itself. Under those circumstances that animal will not survive, and on many levels the majority of the US population is just as vulnerable. If a natural disaster does strike and our zookeeper can’t tend to us for a few days, where’s our food and water come from? We can’t expect relief organizations to pick up immediately where the zookeeper left off as it takes days and weeks to address those in need.
The percentage of the population that is prepared and has a backup plan is sorely low and is only trending lower due to the nature of our technological pursuits and progression. Due to the fact that you can go weeks without food but only days without water, emergency preparedness begins with potable water. The popularity of Berkey Water Filters stem from the fact that they filter and clean the dirtiest of water using gravity, without the need for electricity. This fact alone speaks volumes as to the inherent value that these systems possess, not to mention the piece of mind it brings to the owner. There’s an argument to be made that a water filter such as the Big Berkey is considered the most, if not one of the most important forms of emergency preparation. Stop and adjust your perspective for a moment and this reality becomes abundantly clear. If we spent just a tenth of the time preparing for a potential emergency that we do preparing for a economic downturn, we’d have a garage stocked full of food, water, supplies, and equipment. Unfortunately, I feel as though we’ve been hypnotized by our own technological advances into a false sense of security. New Orleans residents had the wake up call of a lifetime, and my hope is that the rest of the population is still not sleeping.
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We use our filter daily for coffee & tea, drinking, cooking and the pet birds water. In an emergency we add toothbrushing, face washing and other personal care, and are very careful to use no tap water for any of the above. If there's no tap water available - pressure or serious contamination - I'm very confident about using filtered water from the creek or pond.
Filtered water also stores very well. I filter water and put it in blue 5 gal Coleman cube containers, and the good 1 gal water jugs that are CLEAR plastic that feels a little firmer than the frosted jugs. The frosted milk jug type plastic biodegrades fast, sometimes within a month of purchase. I had several 1 and 2.5 gal frosted plastic containers start leaking and coming apart a month after buying them, before even opening them. My good very clear plastic jugs are fine after years. Cleaned & disinfected soda bottles also make very good water storage, and the smaller are great for backpacks. I found a box with 4 - 1 gal jugs that I filled about 18 months earlier. They looked, smelled and tasted fine, I had the water checked and it was "amazingly clean." I still rotate the water every 6-10 months tho.
i think you really hit the nail on the head. you can never be too prepared. looking forward to getting my berkey filter
i think you really hit the nail on the head. you can never be too prepared. looking forward to getting my berkey filter